What light through yonder window breaks? 'Tis the fiery wrath of William Shakespeare, dragged back to this mortal coil to lend his cred to a dreadful chick flick
Letters to Juliet may be a tad too predictable for some – less so if you avoid those trailers – but it's a shimmering tribute to the glories of both true love and the Italian countryside
If well done, a film like Letters To Juliet should need no surprises. But it does need more than the postcard-ready vistas against which director Gary Winick (13 Going On 30) frames much of the action
a purported comedy that had me mentally following minor characters off screen, wondering if their lives might be more interesting than what was happening on it
Review rate : Cby Gary Thompson[Philadelphia Daily News ]
A light-hearted, empty-headed piece of sentimental fluff about love young and old
"Letters to Juliet" is lightweight, certainly, but don't underestimate the pleasurable emotions this film stirs. Even cynics need the occasional feel-good moment
"Letters to Juliet" is an ode to romance of the most starry-eyed sort, a sugary paean to quixotic cliches and a film destined to be a guilty pleasure for some (me included, sigh) and the painful price of a relationship for others (so steel yourselves)