LETTERS TO JULIET **½

Gary Winick  directed this Romance. Watch Preview Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Christopher Egan, Gael Garcia Bernal, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero.  Rated PG for brief rude behavior, some language and incidental smoking. Running time is one hour and thirty-three minutes.

A young American (Amanda Seyfried) travels to the city of Verona, home of the star-crossed lover Juliet Capulet of Romeo and Juliet fame, and 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 (Franco Nero).

This is your typical "chick flick",  one that's very well done, but typical nonetheless. There's never any doubt where this is going to end, it's just a matter of taking the occasional detour until you get there. Seyfried shows she has major star talent (once again) and the rest of the cast is very good. The production values are very good and the scenery is gorgeous. This will make a very good date movie and will also be perfectly acceptable as a DVD. Theatres/Times.