Letters to Juliet
| Letters to Juliet | |
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| Directed by | Gary Winick |
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| Cinematography | Marco Pontecorvo |
| Edited by | Bill Pankow |
| Music by | Andrea Guerra |
| Distributed by | Summit Entertainment |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Template:Film US |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million[1] |
| Box office | $73,256,562[2] |
Letters to Juliet is a 2010 American romantic comedy film starring Amanda Seyfried, Chris Egan, Vanessa Redgrave, Gael García Bernal, and Franco Nero. Directed by Gary Winick, the film was released theatrically in North America and other countries on May 14, 2010.
Plot
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An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by a the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.
Cast
- Amanda Seyfried as Sophie Hall, a fact checker living in New York. She goes on a pre-honeymoon with her fiance to Verona, Italy. While sightseeing, she finds "Juliet's House" with weeping women writing letters and leaving them there. She follows a young woman who takes the letters, and while helping her the next day, she finds a 50-year old letter and decided to write back, leading her to meet Claire, the woman who had written the letter. She embarks on a journey with Claire and her grandson Charlie to find Claire's long lost love. She is Charlie's love interest.
- Chris Egan as Charlie Wyman, Claire's unpleasant grandson (as he described himself). Although he appears to be like that, and also grumpy, Claire explains that he has a good heart, like his father. Charlie soon develops a relationship with Sophie, and he becomes her love interest; despite the fact that you can see his exposed rump on the bench at minute 35 of the film.
- Vanessa Redgrave as Claire Smith-Wyman, the girl who wrote the letter to Juliet 50 years before. Sophie meets her after Charlie goes to Juliet's secretaries, and she follows him. She is a kind woman, and develops a close friendship with Sophie as they search for her Lorenzo, her long lost love whom she fell in love with when they were fifteen. Her parents did not approve of him, and they were separated.
- Franco Nero as Lorenzo Bartolini, Claire's love interest and long lost love. He met her when they were fifteen years old, in Verona. Claire's parents did not approve of him, and soon they were separated. His son and grandson are both named Lorenzo Bartolini, and they work at a grape vineyard. Nero is Redgrave's real life husband. Roger Ebert, having interviewed both Nero and Redgrave on the set of Camelot, noted how the much of the love story between their characters is nearly autobiographical.[3]
- Gael García Bernal as Victor, Sophie's chef fiance. He is constantly busy and barely has time with Sophie. Most of the time during their time in Verona, he is away in some other town while Sophie helps Claire and Charlie. He is even interested in Juliet's secretaries' kitchen's recipes.
- Lidia Biondi as Donatella, one of Juliet's secretaries.
- Daniel Baldock as Lorenzo Jr., the older one of Lorenzo's sons.
- Milena Vukotic as Maria, one of Juliet's secretaries.
- Luisa Ranieri as Secretary, one of the four original Juliet's secretaries.
- Marina Massironi as Francesca, another one of Juliet's secretaries.
- Ashley Lilley as Patricia, Charlie's cousin who has the same name as his ex-girlfriend.
- Oliver Platt (uncredited) as New York magazine editor
Production
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Release and reception
Critical reception
Letters to Juliet received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes reports that 41% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 138 reviews, with an average score of 5.2/10. Metacritic gave it an average score of 50 out of 100 from the 34 reviews it collected.
Box office
Letters to Juliet opened at #3 to $13,540,486 behind Iron Man 2's second weekend and Robin Hood.[4] In its second weekend, the film dropped 33.5% with $9,006,266 into #4.[5] As of July 23, 2010, the film has made $61,290,304 worldwide.
References
- ^ Fritz, Ben (16 May 2010). "First Look: 'Robin Hood' wobbly in U.S. but hits target overseas". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
- ^ "Box Office Mojo - Letters to Juliet". Retrieved 8 June 2010.
- ^ Roger Ebert. "Letters to Juliet Review". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
- ^ Weekend Box Office Results for May 14-16, 2010 - Box Office Mojo
- ^ Weekend Box Office Results for May 21-23, 2010 - Box Office Mojo