Friday, September 17, 2010

Letters to Juliet (2010)

Letters to Juliet is a sufficient romantic comedy complete with the prerequisites sans vapidity:

  • Dashing male interest (Christopher Egan)who is misunderstood as a jerk, but is actually a socially-aware and kind-hearted sap
  • Oddly-beautiful single girl (Amanda Seyfried) who has it all, but is dissatisfied with career thereby causing her to reconsider her young life's work
  • Loser boyfriend who under appreciates said single girl (played by Gael Garcia Bernal)
  • Astute mentor (Vanessa Redgrave) who is able to dispense wise words over a glass of wine while mentally calculating how to hook up her single girl pal with a charming suitor
  • a soul-searching journey (across Italy) on behalf of someone else (see mentor) but ultimately reaping rewards alongside said person (see oddly-beautiful single girl)
  • 'warm glow'
  • one 'look up at the stars at night and ponder' sequence
  • mild innuendo
  • easy physical comedy
  • soft scoring
Letters to Juliet is an easily enjoyable film for the romantic.  Vanessa Redgrave steals the show as Claire, but kudos to Amanda Seyfried who holds her own.

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