Letters to Juliet: DVD Review

Letters to Juliet: DVD Review

Letters To Juliet
Released by Sony Home Pictures
Rating: PG

Amanda Seyfried stars as the soon to be married American researcher Sophie, who heads to Verona with her fiancée Victor (Gabriel Garcia Bernal) to enjoy a pre marriage break.

But instead of splurging on the culture or her, Victor spends a lot more of his time meeting with suppliers for his restaurant and leaves Sophie to her own devices.

So, Sophie ends up under that infamous balcony where many a star crossed lover posts a "letter to Juliet" asking for help. As Sophie follows a gaggle of ladies who answer these letters, she finds herself questioning her own life and destiny.

Things get worse when she answers a letter written years ago - and that response brings the writer and her grandson to Verona in search of true love.

What can you say about Letters to Juliet? It's another romantic comedy which is light and frothy and pitches squarely for a certain audience who'll be happy with this latest entry into the rom com genre - high art it certainly is not. Beautifully shot though it is - still, with a canvas like Verona to work from, that's not surprising.

There's a few cheesy contrived moments as well as some predictable moments but all in all Letters to Juliet delivers exactly what you'd expect.

Extras: Deleted scenes, audio with Amanda Seyfried and director, the making of, plus a look at the courtyard which is so iconic.

Rating: 4/10