Letters to Juliet
Summit Entertainment | Release Date: May 14, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
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Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
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11
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18
Negative:
5
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85
MovielineStephanie Zacharek
Redgrave puts all she’s got into something other actors might just toss off or throw away. She’s present every moment; this is an actress who doesn’t have a second to waste. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Redgrave shimmers like one of Tuscany's magnificent cypress trees as an Englishwoman searching for Lorenzo (Nero). Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
It is sweet and sentimental and embraces the fantasy (although it would have worked better without the treacly pop songs on the soundtrack). Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
I know Letters to Juliet is a soppy melodrama, and I don’t mind in the least. I know the ending is preordained from the setup. I know the characters are broad and comforting stereotypes. In this case, I simply don’t care. Sometimes we have personal reasons for responding to a film. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
She delivers a solid and easy star performance. Some young performers lack a relatable quality; Seyfried has it, even with those old-school, big-screen peepers. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
It's also a case of art imitates life imitates art. If that makes it a tribute to a tribute to a classic, then it is no less enjoyable for that. Read full review
70
SalonMary Elizabeth Williams
It may not be a great film, but for moviegoers, Letters to Juliet is like that long buried missive of its title -- a hopeful sign that when we hold out for good things, our patience is sometimes rewarded. Read full review
70
TimeMary Pols
I'd take any woman in my life, ages 10 to 100, to Letters to Juliet and my guess is we'd both leave with a little Italian glow. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
Is Gary Winick atoning for his sins? If “Bride Wars” was an acid spill -- and that’s putting it generously -- then Letters to Juliet is like the safety shower in your high school chemistry class, delivering an unsubtle blast of sanitized sentimentality. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
Letters to Juliet will never be mistaken for an epic romance -- too light, too silly, too mistake-prone -- but the ingredients of its tasty chick-flick stew are tried and true. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia Puig
It's a chick flick with a likable premise. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicKerry Lengel
Put this title on your Netflix queue in the first place. Just give your own Mr. Right a break and don't waste your date-night dollars on the big screen. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesBetsy Sharkey
An ode to romance of the most starry-eyed sort, a sugary paean to quixotic clichés and a film destined to be a guilty pleasure for some (me included, sigh) and the painful price of a relationship for others (so steel yourselves). Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
García Bernal's irrepressible charm provides a burst of welcome energy with each brief appearance. Read full review
50
Boxoffice MagazineAmy Nicholson
This movie believes that true love isn't supposed to be hard. A fine ideal, but it feels as flat as a pizza. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Vanessa Redgrave bails out this mushy Italian-postcard romance. Read full review
50
Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
It has humor and a touch of charm, but plainly needed more love, more passion, more Shakespeare. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
It's unapologetic schmaltz, deftly directed by Gary Winick (Tadpole) as if it really meant something. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Letters to Juliet represents an interesting paradox: it is a movie that is very nearly perfect without being especially good. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
If well done, a film like Letters To Juliet should need no surprises. But it does need more than the postcard-ready vistas against which director Gary Winick (13 Going On 30) frames much of the action. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleAmy Biancolli
A squishy-soft romance set to bouncing Italian pop. It's like a long swallow from a bottle of a very sweet wine. Goes down easy, warms the gut, leaves a film of sugar on the teeth. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe Williams
Letters to Juliet has about half as much Shakespearean content as "Shakes the Clown" and even less sincerity. Read full review
50
ObserverRex Reed
Letters to Juliet comes off as just another movie that makes you long for a trip to Northern Italy-but not with any of these people. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
A movie that has more sap than a pine forest. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore
Bland, predictable picture, whose sole assets are a cute premise, the Italian countryside and the dignity Vanessa Redgrave brings to a part that, on the page, is quite beneath her. Read full review
40
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Jose Rivera and Tim Sullivan's script relentlessly piles on goopy conversation-stoppers like "Do you believe in destiny?" and "I didn't know that true love had an expiration date." Read full review
40
Village VoiceKarina Longworth
Gary Winick's flat direction does the material no favors: If Egan and Seyfried have any chemistry, it's framed out of their awkwardly staged climactic kisses. Read full review
40
Time OutEric Hynes
From its opening montage of Hallmark-worthy kisses to a climactic clinch under the Tuscan sun, Letters to Juliet celebrates synthetic sentiment. Read full review
40
EmpireLiz Beardsworth
More Oh Mama than Mamma Mia! Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
The larger problem is that the central duo is just plain dull. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
(It doesn't hurt that Ms. Redgrave gets to play opposite Franco Nero, who was once the love of her life and is the father of her son.) Not even she can transform lines like "Destiny wanted us to meet again." Read full review
25
New York PostKyle Smith
A girl with relationship woes can hardly set foot in Europe these days without finding herself hip-deep in yummy food and tasty men. The latest iteration of the story is Letters to Juliet or, as I like to think of it, "Eat Pray Hurl." Read full review
25
NPRElla Taylor
A witless ninny of a movie about Italy, romantic disillusion, Shakespeare, history, more Italy and getting to "yes" in love and intimacy. Read full review
25
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Save yourself 10 bucks, and an hour and 45 minutes of your precious time. Read full review
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