Sophie dreams of becoming a writer and travels to Verona, Italy where she meets the "Secretaries of Juliet".Sophie dreams of becoming a writer and travels to Verona, Italy where she meets the "Secretaries of Juliet".Sophie dreams of becoming a writer and travels to Verona, Italy where she meets the "Secretaries of Juliet".
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- 6 nominations
- Donatella
- (as Lydia Biondi)
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- TriviaNot only are Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero married in real life, but they played the famous lovers Lancelot and Guenevere in Camelot (1967).
- GoofsWhen Charlie is talking to Sophie, after Lorenzo rides up on a brown horse, Charlie says that Lorenzo "rides in at the last moment on a white horse". No doubt, Charlie meant the line metaphorically.
- Quotes
Claire: [reading out the letter written by Sophie] Dear Claire. "What" and "If" are two words as non-threatening as words can be. But put them together side-by-side and they have the power to haunt you for the rest of your life: What... if? What, if? What *if*...? I don't know how your story ended, but if what you felt then was true love, then it's never too late. If it was true then, why wouldn't it be true now? You need only the courage to follow your heart. I don't know what a love like Juliet's feels like - a love to leave loved ones for, a love to cross oceans for - but I'd like to believe if I ever were to feel it, that I'd have the courage to seize it. And, Claire, if you didn't, I hope one day that you will. All my love, Juliet.
- Crazy creditsSpecial thanks to Lise Friedman and Ceil Friedman for their book "Letters to Juliet: Celebrating Shakespeare's Greatest Heroine, the Magical City of Verona and the Power of Love."
- SoundtracksYou Got Me
Written by Colbie Caillat and John Shanks
Performed by Colbie Caillat
Courtesy of Universal Republic Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
A long time ago I realized that the way the best love stories work is to make the audience wish they could be the character on the screen. This movie does this in spades.
The major weight of carrying the film rested squarely on the shoulders of Amanda Seyfried. Other than being very lovely shoulders, she did an excellent job of portraying her character. She has a great range of endearing expressions. I've seen her in a couple of other films that I enjoyed her in, but none better than this; even considering the broader production values of "Mama Mia". She was radiantly beautiful and added just the right note of intelligence, warmth and charm. In one scene where her character described her excellent education, it didn't seem ludicrous coming from her as it has in the past from other actors. I'm looking forward to seeing more of her - and not just because of her radiant beauty either.
The rest of the cast did an admirable job as well. Gael García Bernal did well in his role of Seyfried's distracted workaholic fiancé. Later in the film, the arrival of Christopher Egan as counterpoint to Bernal was handled with better than average skill by Egan. His grandmother, played with subtlety by Vanessa Redgrave, was the focus of the story and has never seemed more sensitive and caring. But hey, fellas, whoever was wrangling the script (Rivera/Sullivan), she wasn't believable saying she was 65 when she's 73. But that was the only off note to me. Finally, Oliver Platt added an enjoyable aside as Seyfried's boss.
Finally, the rest of the productions elements, sets, costumes, locations, etc are all right on the money for the theme and feel of the film; nothing out of place of awkward looking. Excellent entertainment all around.
- bjones
- May 15, 2010
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Box office
- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $53,032,453
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,540,486
- May 16, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $79,293,444
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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