letters to juliet {movie review}

During the French manicure of 2011, we discussed what to do while we were waiting for our nails to dry. The only logical answer was to watch a girly movie & ::swoon:: at the romance of it all. Wanna know what movie we watched?

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Letters to Juliet, that is!! Every time we had a sleepover, Emily & I swore we were going to watch this movie. We ended up making chipmunk videos and eating midnight snacks, if I remember correctly...but that's not the point. ;) I'm glad we finally got to watch it and squeal over the beautiful streets of Verona. Here's what the official Letters to Juliet website says...

"In Verona, Italy – the beautiful city where Romeo first met Juliet – there is a place where the heartbroken leave notes asking Juliet for her help. It’s there that aspiring writer Sophie finds a 50-year-old letter that will change her life forever. As she sets off on a romantic journey of the heart with the letter’s author, Claire, now a grandmother, and her handsome grandson, all three will discover that sometimes the greatest love story ever told is your own."

Ah, the romance of it all. I was blindsided at first because I had no idea what the movie was really about, but I quickly got into it. My commentary is probably a little more in your face & blunt, but hey! I liked it! 

This guy? He's a jerk. I mean, he basically cares only about food & his budding restaurant, which isn't really on it's way to success for the record.

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Spoiler Alert: Sophie and jerk face break up. Didn't see that one coming...NOT! 


And this guy? He's also a jerk...at first. And his hair is all that great.

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But he comes around in this moonlit scene...

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...And spoiler alert: Sophie and snobby grandson get together after the epic jerk face guy break-up and snobby grandson becomes less snobby. 


I love Amanda Seyfried. Not only can she sing, but she's got the simple look down pat. No extraordinary wardrobe choices, no fancy makeup, and she cares about helping people.

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In between the snobby grandson stuff is a 50 year old love story that Sophie puts her heart and soul into after following one of the Secretaries of Juliet to their home. The adventure that enuses is so beautiful...

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Oh, the ending. In my humble opinion, it wasn't awesome. Actually, it was so cheesy it WAS awesome. Katie  warned me about it, but I didn't really know just how cheesy it was. We all fell out of our chairs, dying of laughter. And Sophie didn't see it coming either.

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These words were oddly reminiscent of Mr. Darcy. Stick with your own script, buddy!

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THIS. SCENE. 

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Gah, so cheesy, right?! And afterwards everyone comes running from the wedding party to see what happens and intrudes on the moment. Grandmother promptly starts to cry. 

All in all, it was a great movie. Loved it!!