Is Gary Winick atoning for his sins? If “Bride Wars” was an acid spill -- and that’s putting it generously -- then Letters to Juliet is like the safety shower in your high school chemistry class, delivering an unsubtle blast of sanitized sentimentality.
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Arizona Republic
Arizona Republic
Put this title on your Netflix queue in the first place. Just give your own Mr. Right a break and don't waste your date-night dollars on the big screen.
This movie believes that true love isn't supposed to be hard. A fine ideal, but it feels as flat as a pizza.
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Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Vanessa Redgrave bails out this mushy Italian-postcard romance.
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The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
Bland, predictable picture, whose sole assets are a cute premise, the Italian countryside and the dignity Vanessa Redgrave brings to a part that, on the page, is quite beneath her.
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VarietyRonnie Scheib
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Jose Rivera and Tim Sullivan's script relentlessly piles on goopy conversation-stoppers like "Do you believe in destiny?" and "I didn't know that true love had an expiration date."
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Village Voice
Village Voice
Gary Winick's flat direction does the material no favors: If Egan and Seyfried have any chemistry, it's framed out of their awkwardly staged climactic kisses.
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Boston GlobeTy Burr
Boston GlobeTy Burr
The larger problem is that the central duo is just plain dull.