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No one with romantic tendencies will be able to resist The Love Letter. Campbell Scott plays a Civil War buff who buys a desk from that era. While polishing it, he discovers a secret compartment, in which sits an unmailed letter--a letter written by a young woman named Lizzie (Jennifer Jason Leigh) over a century earlier. Touched by her yearning for passion, he writes her back, egged on by his mystically inclined mother (Estelle Parsons). Magically his letter reaches Lizzie and they begin a correspondence that threatens Scott's impending marriage but promises to bring fulfilment to Lizzie. The Love Letter is absurd, yet somehow that doesn't stop it from being completely engaging and even moving. Scott and Parsons are solid, while Jason Leigh is downright rapturous--the movie may owe its success to her. The plot has surprising twists and the conclusion is sweet and satisfying. An unexpected pleasure. --Bret Fetzer
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A feel-good movie, with time travel (2007-12-13)  What else could I ask for? A "chick flick" AND time travel, all in one package.I loved this movie, and have watched it a few times. If you love time travel/romance films, I would recommend this one. It's a sweet story.
Pleasantly Surpised (2004-05-11) This movie was sad and happy. It keeps you watching to see what will happen. Very nicely done. To me it is a keeper, and I rented it first and will buy it. All the characters were interesting. Lizzie esp had guts and curiousity. Scott tried to help her even though it would not have helped him...guess that is true love. Scott's girlfriend was likeable too.
You can easily do worse than this film (2004-03-18) While I don't get into romantic movies and often scoff at pretended emotions, 'The Love Letter' is an example of a film not too sugary in its portrayal of undying love. Having seen this film some years ago and only now acquired it to my collection, Scott and Leigh still carry off themselves as credible figures. It is not hard to imagine Leigh's character's chagrin at being consigned to an arranged marriage until she meets up with the letters that infest her desk's secret compartment. That this happens to coincide with the Civil War is not too far-fetched.It is also not hard to imagine Scott feeling trapped by an impending marriage to a woman he really never knew in the first place. He becomes more 'attached' to the gentleness and refinement of his new-found 'pen pal'. I'd imagine he felt a bit let-down when he learns of the dashing officer his 'love' has been entranced by. Your left thinking 'If they only knew!' more than once. The Love Letter is a nice example of waiting for chances but not giving up on living in the meantime. You can most certainly do worse than this well-crafted film. It might not suit everyone's taste but it suits this Civil War reenactor just fine.
Where to find The Love Letter (2004-03-06)  In answer to Lynn Gaige: The Love Letter" (August 1, 1959) by Jack Finney -Published in The Saturday Evening Post magazine in the January/February 1988 issue-Collected in I Love Galesburg in the Springtime (1963) by Jack Finney -Collected in Tales Out of Time (1979) edited by Barbara Ireson -Collected in Tales in Time (1997) edited by Peter Crowther, ISBN number 1565049896-Collected in The Young Oxford Book of Timewarp Stories (2000) edited by Dennis Pepper
My all-time 'love's-always-a-beautiful-blended-mystery' .... (2004-03-03)  Love LOVE LETTERS!!!!Over and again!BUT, I have been trying desperately to find the 'short story by Jack Finney' the credits say the movie was based on....HELP, PLEASE!Thanks, Lynn Gaige
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