"You need only courage to follow your heart. I don't know what a love like Juliet's feels like - love to leave loved ones for, love to cross oceans for but I'd like to believe if I ever were to feel it, that I will have the courage to seize it"
A wall in Verona, Italy, is known for Juliet's stone balcony. Lost souls leave letters in the wall of love gone wrong, and love missing in action, and lovers needing advice, and love stories lacking love. A group of Juliet's secretaries answer the letters. An American girl, Sophie, on a pre-honeymoon vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" from 50 years ago lying within the wall. She then decides that she must answer the letter and thus begins a quest to find the lost lovers referenced in the letter. Letters to Juliet, which takes its basic inspiration from a true story, is a gentle, charming story that features a winning lead performance from Amanda Seyfried. While her fiance is visiting suppliers for his restaurant, Sophie meets up with Claire and her grandson. Together they trip around Italy searching for Claire's long lost love, Lorenzo - a man she left half a century earlier. The film is charming, adorable, and sweet with many laughs to be had as well. The message of raomantic love being timeless and one that can cross many generations was very well appreciated and felt. The scenary of Italy in the film is gorgeous. There are breathtaking shots that make you want to hop on a plane after the film is over and go there yourself. There is much to enjoy as the story unfolds. A very sweet film, with a fantastic performance, and with much to offer a public that longs for some fulfilling story lines.
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