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The Love Letter Details

1999 Certificate 15
  • Rated:
  • 50
  • from 303 members

A love letter arrives in the sleepy New England town of Loblolly By The Sea but none of the residents know who it's from or who it's for. Helen MacFarquar decides to investigate but by doing so involves herself with two very different men... Read more

Starring Kate Capshaw, Blythe Danner, Ellen DeGeneres, Geraldine McEwan
Director Peter Ho-Sun Chan
Genres Drama

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The Love Letter

A love letter arrives in the sleepy New England town of Loblolly By The Sea but none of the residents know who it's from or who it's for. Helen MacFarquar decides to investigate but by doing so involves herself with two very different men...

Starring Kate Capshaw, Blythe Danner, Ellen DeGeneres, Geraldine McEwan, Julianne Nicholson, Tom Everett Scott, Tom Selleck, Gloria Stuart
Director Peter Ho-Sun Chan
Studio 4 FRONT VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 28 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Dubbed German
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
Released DVD: 16 Feb 2004
Production year: 1999
Format DVD
  • Critics' reviews (6) of The Love Letter

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  • "...A romantic comedy of much charm and wisdom....Luis Bacalov's score complements both the film's emotional complexity and its buoyant mood and tempo..."

    • Los Angeles Times
  • "...This rueful comedy manages to evince all the charm and depth of the Cathleen Schine novel on which it's based..." -- Rating: A-

    • Entertainment Weekly
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  • 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Touching & Cosy

    Apart from it being good to see the odd film which does give an older woman a good crack - mind you, Mrs Spielberg is gorgeous - this is a lovely little romantic number, which also celebrates a mature and tragic older-woman lesbian affair. Enjoy!

      • JefHarris from Cornwall
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  • 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Touching & Cosy

    Apart from it being good to see the odd film which does give an older woman a good crack - mind you, Mrs Spielberg is gorgeous - this is a lovely little romantic number, which also celebrates a mature and tragic older-woman lesbian affair. Enjoy!

      • JefHarris from Cornwall
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    • The Love Letter
      A love letter arrives in the sleepy New England town of Loblolly By The Sea but none of the residents know who it's from or who it's for. Helen MacFarquar decides to investigate but by doing so involves herself with two very different men......