When a young American (Amanda Seyfried) travels to the city of Verona, home of the star-crossed lover Juliet Capulet of Romeo and Juliet fame, she joins a group of volunteers who respond to letters to Juliet seeking advice about love. After answering one letter dated 1951, she inspires its author (Vanessa Redgrave) to travel to Italy in search of her long-lost love and sets off a chain of events that will bring a love into both their lives unlike anything they ever imagined.This movie is completely formula and fluffy in every way. There isn't a single part of it that you don't see coming. However, I ended up enjoying it a lot. Its one of the better "chick" flicks to come along in a long time. Yes, the fiance is beyond annoying and you can't wait for him to get off the screen. And the prospective boyfriend is not too much less annoying. However, the voyage of trying to help the elderly woman was enjoyable. The best part of this "chick" flick is that NOBODY dies. I'm sorry if that ruins the movie for you, but I was so relieved that it didn't follow the newly enforced Nicolas Sparks template and kill anyone off. Its about damn time!
I would recommend people checking this out. Its a great date movie and is much less painful than the recent rash of "chick" flicks that have flooded the zone.
