The Love Letter | | Cast : | Kate Capshaw, Tom Everett Scott, Tom Selleck | | Director : | Peter Chan | | Studio : | Dreamworks Skg | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | May 21, 1999 | | DVD Released Date : | January 06, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 26, 2005 | | Summary | Picture a summer day in a provincial New England town . . . | Content
 | in a small, quaint bookshop, in which the paint is peeling from the mismatched bookcases, and the view of the sea below is as crisp and clear as it possibly can be from the wavy, leaded glass windows. Now picture coming back to this town every summer, visiting old friends, spending your Fourth of July evening at the local park. This movie is more about mood to me than anything. I watch it over and over every summer, wishing I could be a bookseller in Loblolly-by-the-Sea. I can almost smell the salty air and taste the lobster in the local restaurant. This film is a love letter to the romantic in all of us who wishes to spend time curled up with a good book (or movie) on a lazy summer day.
Capshaw is a perfect Helen. DeGeneres, a perfectly hilarious best friend. And Selleck is wonderful in this film, capturing the sensitive George. It makes me wonder why he doesn't take on more roles.
The only fault I find with this film is in the casting of Thomas Everett Scott ("That Thing You Do") as Johnny. He's a bit too mature-looking to play Helen's impetuous summer fling. No matter how many times I watch this movie, I'm never thorougly convinced he's right as the young college student.
Anyway, enjoy the film, soak up the mood, and I'll bet you'll come back again and again.
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| Rating | | | Date | July 13, 2004 | | Summary | Want to learn what epistolary means? | Content
| Guys, who will grow up to be great men, would call The Love Letter a "chick movie." That warning out of the way, for more open-minded guys and the expected predominantly female audience for this movie, it is a summer-time joy that tangos around a New England seaside town definitely in the mood for love and a comedy of errors. It takes one letter to resuscitate dreams and shake the atrophy out of emotions bogged down by time and self-consciousness. When people are missing something in their emotional life, an anonymous letter can set all sorts of possibilities into action. I am always suspicious when a story involves a young man wooing an older woman. Kate Capshaw makes me like Helen, the emotionally alienating/alienated female lead, more than I want. Tom Everett Scott makes Johnny's gangly romantic pursuits clumsy and earnest that is that much more romantic and sexy. Ellen DeGeneres knows where the funny is in simple things like book titles and condiments. Tom Selleck does it for me in this movie by being a vulnerable, funny, handsome fireman experiencing a rough patch but not afraid to go after his dreams later in life. The Louis Armstrong and tango music set the mood, with a short burst of Tosca to contrast it and scare a character or two into action. Personally, there is one poetic little moment where the Capshaw's voice is reading how the writer "burns" with love and the fireman is coming up the bookstore staircase seeming to give off smoke as an image continues to charm me. Peter Ho-Sun Chan directed a really fun film. So, have a summer/chick film fest with this and a few other fun films on the subject of love like Branaugh's Much Ado About Nothing, 4 Weddings & a Funeral, Roxanne, or Philadelphia Story. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 20, 2004 | | Summary | Nice,Charming,Entertaining. | Content
| I love this movie though it's not one of my favourites.This movie has a style.You cannot guess until the end of it.The plot is so charming,and the directing is also nice.If you search for some movies for this weekend,The love letter is one of the good choices. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 12, 2004 | | Summary | A GOOD MOVIE! | Content
| I seldom watch a whole movie in one sitting, but this film is an exception. First of all, it's not really a comedy, although it has its moments. It's all about romance, and a surprise ending. The acting is excellent. It's nice to see Tom Selleck in a sensitive, non-action role. He's pretty good! The pacing is excellent: the movie stays interesting from start to finish. You really get involved with the characters. Ellen plays a STRAIGHT role, and she gets a lot of you-know-what, but it's done is a nice, humorous fashion. In closing, if you like GILLMORE GIRLS, or romance novels, or just interesting SLICE-OF-LIFE drama, get this one--and don't believe the bad reviews:THIS IS A GOOD MOVIE, AND WELL WORTH ITS LOW COST. |
| Rating | | | Date | November 04, 2003 | | Summary | A Valuable Message | Content
| I liked this movie very much. It was entertaining, funny, charming, but I especially liked the "twist" toward the end. I felt it put out a message that really needs to be understood by everyone these days. That is, as this movie attempts to show, the feelings shared between partners in same-sex relationships are no different than those shared in hetero relationships. They are just as genuine, moving, loving, and caring. Everyone can relate to them if they just let themselves. I applaud the writer and those who starred in the movie. |
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