The Love Letter
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Movie Reviews of The Love Letter
Movie Review: A Los Amigos High School student review of The Love Letter
Summary: 5 Stars
The love letter is an amazingly romantic movie based on the story by Jack Finney. The film takes place in two time periods: contemporary Boston and the Boston of the Civil War era. The film is great to experience for its historically accurate scenes, surprising turns of plot, and the magical excitement of an improbable love across time.
The film partly takes place during the Civil War and depends on everything being correct for that period of time. The film doesn't disappoint: the letters that are written by Elizabeth Witcomb are of an antique and formal style that seems so correct to the period. Her writing is not at all like the common English spoken today. The dresses worn by the women were of the large hoop-style that was so common in that time. On the dirt and cobble roads, horses drew all the carriages. There was not a single car. The careful attention to details helps make the movie more exciting.
It may be difficult to imagine that passionate love can exist across the time span of a hundred years. The Love Letter delights in that problem but answers only with an exquisite revelation of nature of true love. The plot constantly surprises even those who have read original story, but you'll need to see that!
This is the kind of film that can be enjoyed by anybody who has been in love or desires the perfect love. It is appropriate for any age. It is inspired and inspiring. We, the students of room L-22 say: "Don't miss this movie!"
Movie Review: Something you'll watch again and again
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved the picture even showcasing a wonderful re-enactment of the battle of Gettysburg, and a charming, believable cast, it just captivates you immediately and you are drawn into its time travel plot device without any problem.
Scotty, who buys an antique desk complete with old love letters from the 1860's. Jennifer Jason Leigh was lovely as Elizabeth Whitcomb, and you feel for her character all the way. When she stops on the stairs and feels Scotty's present (more than 100 years away from her in distance in the future), I cried. It was so bittersweet.
Estelle Parsons was great as Scotty's mom, always nice to see her. She's such a natural actress. Daphne Ashbrook was also excellent as Scotty's fiancé, who unfortunately gets hurt as the growing relationship between Scotty and Elizabeth develops. She shows a real vulnerability here and doesn't behave revengefully. Nice to see for a change!
If I would change anything I would have had the film end with the grave scene and not with the girl and her dog, to do otherwise is to suggest that Scotty won't be as faithful to Elizabeth as she was to him.
9.5 out of 10
It's a movie you'll watch again and again when the time is right :-)
Movie Review: "I ACHE FOR A LOVE THAT BURNS LIKE FIRE, AND MOONLIGHT!"
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this movie! I highly recommend it! It is a poignant, tender, love story, that transcends time! Scotty, a civil war buff, who is engaged to be married to someone else, buys a very old desk, that belonged to a civil war general!
Scotty is cleaning, and restoring the desk and finds a secret compartment with a love letter in it, from Lizzie who is living in the year 1863! Scott writes Lizzie , and then she writes him back, and they correspond to each other through time, with these love letters, and they fall in love, and realize that you cannot always change a life that has already been lived!
If you are a hopeless romantic like me, this movie is for you! This movie reminded me for some reason ,of a real life, true story civil war, love letter that this man named Sullivan Ballou, wrote to his wife Sarah, before the battle of Bull Run! I learned about it from Ken Burns Civil War documentry, from the History Channel! I highly recommend reading this awesome letter, sometime check it out.
But I just loved this movie, and I loved the way this story was written, this was very well done, I really enjoyed it! This is a movie you, will want to watch more than once!
Movie Review: An Excellent Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great romantic story, thoroughly enjoyable, and is told without swearing or vulgarity. It is truly a family movie and you don't have to worry that it will be offensive to anyone. Although the story line is a bit far out, with a supernatural quality, it is presented so naturally that you actually find yourself believing that it really happened. Some may be uncomfortable with the fact that the story is similar to re-incarnation, but personally I tried not to take that part of it too seriously. This movie is an improvement from the movie "Somewhere in Time" in which the character goes into the past in his mind through hypnosis. There is a "realness" about the way this movie is presented, and I also like that the characters ultimately get together. A great bit of acting on the part of Campbell Scott and Jennifer Jason Leigh to pull this one off! It has a good message about waiting for someone that makes you "light up like a Christmas tree", someone you can love completely, not just settling for the first person who comes along. I got this movie a few weeks ago and have already watched it 4 times. I certainly would strongly recommend it!!Movie Review: The Love Letter
Summary: 5 Stars
I stayed home from the office today and watched Kate and Leopold, another time travel movie. Aferwards, I got out my video of The Love Letter to watch. I was in sentimental mood, and I thought what the heck, I haven't watched it years. Although, I liked Kate and Leopold, The Love Letter is so much better and touched me more. I realized how much more, when I started crying when Scott sees the grave of his beloved Elizabeth and reads these words that are etched on her tombstone "I never forgot". Thank you Dan Curtis for making such a beautiful movie.