Call the Midwife - Season 6
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This ever-popular series in back for a sixth season! When the rather austere Sister Ursula is...
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Political Animals - Season 1
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This drama series, which stars Golden Globe winner Sigourney Weaver in her first regular role in a...
Morecambe & Wise: Bring Me Sunshine
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For over 40 years the Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise epitomised the best of British comedy. Beginning...
Call the Midwife - Season 3
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Your favorite midwives return for a new season of BBC's immensely absorbing and popular, set in...
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Miller Plays: v. 2: Misfits, After the Fall, Incident at Vichy, The Price, Creation of the World, Playing for Time
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This second volume of Arthur Miller's plays contains four stage plays from the sixties and...
Gareth von Kallenbach (971 KP) rated Letters to Juliet (2010) in Movies
Aug 8, 2019
The film hitches its wagon on rising star Amanda Seyfried as the leading lady, playing romantically-inclined heroine Sophie. Amanda plays opposite Christopher Egan as Charlie, a pessimistic and overly protective grandson of Claire, a romantic adventurer and ideal parental-figure, played by the ever-enchanting Vanessa Redgrave.
It was easy to expect that this would be the same old American twenty-something in love tale, but I was unexpectedly surprised by the depth and honesty in “Letters to Juliet”. While it is much more a love story than a comedy, the film tackles a number of the usual subjects –love, loss, and destiny– in new ways. Throughout the film are touching scenes that blend laughter and keen, realistic emotion, without the all too familiar awkward result.
And it is hard not to smile while watching “Letters to Juliet”. The infusion of a love story mixes well with the films other themes: the importance of family and the value of cross-cultural perspectives. These complex themes support the romantic story so well that the experience is less like a fantasy and more akin to a well-layered tale told by a close friend. Mix in the stunning landscape of Italy and “Letters to Juliet” becomes a magically honest story about the quest for true love.
Filled with quality acting, romance, and many kinds of love while speaking across generations and cultural viewpoints, “Letters to Juliet” manages to pull at the heartstrings and share an inspiring and uplifting tale.
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers and Kasia Boddy
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Carson McCullers' The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is a powerful exploration of alienation and...
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe: Wunderkind; The Jockey; Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland; The Sojourner; A Domestic Dilemma; A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud
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Few writers have expressed loneliness, the need for human understanding and the search for love with...