Letters to Juliet

"I would have grabbed her from that blasted balcony and been done with it."

Once again I was sucked into a romantic film. This one though I was actually looking forward too. I saw the trailer for Letters to Juliet and told Heather that this was one that I would go with her to see. There was going to be some great shots of the Italian countryside and of course great shots of Amanda Seyfried. She has come a long way from playing the dumb friend in 2004's Mean Girls. She has established a spot for her self as someone to watch out for.

The story is about Sophie, a girl who is engaged to an Italian chef. They decide to go on a pre-honeymoon to Italy so he can get recipes and they can sight see together. hey both end up going off to do different things. Sophie comes across a wall below a balcony where women write letters to Juliet (of Romeo and Juliet) asking for advice on love and relationships. Sophie sees a women collect them at the end of the day and find out that a group of ladies respond to these letter as Juliet.
Sophie joins in and finds a letter behind a stone written 50 years ago. She responds and the adventure begin. The women come to Italy and together they are off to find her lost love.

The grandmother is accompanied by her grandson and the two provide the comic relief by their loving banter. The grandson, Charlie, is not happy that the grandmother, Claire, is on this silly adventure. Of course, there is the conflict between Sophie and Charlie which builds to a romantic tension.

The shots of Italy are great. We get to see the countryside as they travel across the country looking for Lorenzo the lost love. You get to see the dry side of country as well as the vinyards, and the cities.

I enjoyed this film and plan of seeing it again.
8.46 out of 10