Quickie Review: A young American girl goes to Verona, Italy, home to Juliet Capulet of Shakespeare fame. Soon, she joins a group of volunteers who respond to letters left behind by the lovelorn. She chances upon an old letter written in the mid '50s and decides to send a response, setting-off a chain reaction that brings love to her and the letter-writer.
I liked this movie. And the audience did, as well.
Here are the things that I found wrong about this movie: The chef is supposed to be an Italian, but he said, "Si, bueno", and, realizing his mistake, he tried to correct it by saying, "Muy bueno"! I took a beginning Spanish class in high school and know well enough that these foreign words aren't Italian! The plot contrivance at the end was a groaner--I could have written a better one--and not how it would be in real life! These two things made the movie sloppy. So who's at fault here, the writer, the scene editor or the director, or all of the above? Hollywood should have consulted with me, Cine-Man about this particular script before they went into production!
