The Love Letter (1999) (original) (raw)
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Original title
The Love Letter
Year
1999
Running time
88 min.
Country
United States
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Genre
Drama. Romance | Romantic Drama
Synopsis
The power of words and images to open hearts. Helen runs, miles a day, to burn off energy: she's an emotional celibate. Going through the post at her shop, she finds a romantic and poetic letter between the couch cushions, unsigned, and thinks it's for her. It melts her resistance to feelings, and soon she undertakes an affair with Johnny, a collegiate employee. (He sees the letter and thinks she wrote it to him; he quotes some of it, so she thinks he wrote it to her.) In the background are Helen's long-time friend, George, who loves her, and her mother who abruptly left on a long trip months' before. Discovering who actually wrote the letter brings insight and promise.
Critics' reviews
- "A scattershot account of unexpected, confusing romantic love that spreads like a virus!"
- "An especially affecting love story!"
- "This is filmmaking as puff pastry: Some viewers will want to lick up every sweet little crumb and others will find it cloying and twee."
- "A romantic comedy of much charm and wisdom"
- "It wants to revel in rapture and grand illusions and timeless dreams, yet its vision of love is overly graphed out and willed."
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