Gary Winick’s new movie Letters to Juliet, plays of the typical romance movies where boy meets girl, loses her, and wins her back just in the nick of time. Sophie (Amanda Seyfried ) travels to Verona, Italy with her fiancé for a pre-honeymoon get away. However, since her soon to be husband plans to open a restaurant, his plan all along is to travel to Italy to taste wine and different foods.
After a few days in Verona, Sophie comes across this shrine to Juliet (Romeo and Juliet) where women across the world leave letters for advice. In the process of discovering the wall, she always finds four Italian ladies who call themselves the Secretaries of Juliet. These women personally respond to each and every letter on the wall.
When offered to help respond to a letter, Sophie discovers a touching letter from a 50 year old women. Two days after she responds, Claire (Vanessa Redgrave), arrives with her grandson Charlie (Christopher Egan), to discover the person who finally responded back to her letter and to hopefully find her lost love .
The three then go on a road trip to find this guy Claire has been longing for. After a few quarrels, between Sophie and Charlie, they begin to fall for each other. They both forgot the fact that Sophie was still engaged to be married.
Disgusted by her actions, Sophie rushes home to her disheartened engagement in New York. But, she doesn’t stay for long; she realizes her heart should be in Italy with Charlie.
The end to letters to Juliet could have been more thought out. It was the ending of all love stories, the ending that you could guess, the ending that you just get tired of. The movie ended with Taylors swift single, “ Love Story” and the couple Kissing.
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