Rating: 
Summary: very bad
Review: A crap, total waste of time. Capshaw is totally out of shape here. TOm Selleck is totally unconvincent and lost. Anyway, the fault belongs to the script, which is a total mess.
Rating: 
Summary: Boring, dull, flat
Review: A very boring film only enlivened when Ellen Degeneres is on screen. She brings some life to this squallor but very little. Kate Capeshaw is totally unappealing and you dread when her scenes come up (which is frequent considering that the story revolves around her character). And last, but not least, the love letter in question is TOTALLY LAME!
Rating: 
Summary: Pleasant and Satisfying Film
Review: After watching too many critically acclaimed movies which left me at the final credits feeling like petrified wood, I'm now allowing myself to rent and enjoy movies that I formerly shunned because they received poor reviews. Happily, I've progressed through that stage. I've learning that what a professional critic likes and what I like do not always match. I really enjoyed this movie. I admit that some of the satisfaction I got from viewing this movie came from the sight of the young male actor's attractive physique. At least it helped me understand the main character's temptation. I could imagine myself in her place. If only life was fair, I would be. If you're in the mood for light laughs, and a bit of poignancy, rather than the highs and lows of a dramatic roller coaster, this film will not disappoint.
Rating: 
Summary: Delightful Surprise!
Review: Among readers and viewers is the age old question, "Can the movie ever be as good as the book?" And while there are some instances where books turned into movies are awful, there are also some other wonderful cases where the movie is as good as the book or even better.It was, therefore, with great reluctance that I finally decided to view the video The Love Letter with Kate Capshaw, Tom Selleck and Ellen DeGeneres. I am first and foremost a reader and the reviews for this movie based on the wonderful book by Cathleen Schine had been rather mixed. And since I really enjoyed my reading experience of the book, I didn't want to watch anything which would later alter my initial view. So, I waited an appreciable amount of time after reading the book and was so pleasantly surprised by this delightful movie. In my opinion it was very faithful to the book and really brought the characters to real life much as the book did. I also enjoyed seeing the confusion over who wrote the love letter and then who saw it and then the aftermath of relationships based on this letter and finally the truth about the letter. I would certainly recommend this video and if you have extra time, read the book also.
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Summary: Delightful Surprise!
Review: Among readers and viewers is the age old question, "Can the movie ever be as good as the book?" And while there are some instances where books turned into movies are awful, there are also some other wonderful cases where the movie is as good as the book or even better. It was, therefore, with great reluctance that I finally decided to view the video The Love Letter with Kate Capshaw, Tom Selleck and Ellen DeGeneres. I am first and foremost a reader and the reviews for this movie based on the wonderful book by Cathleen Schine had been rather mixed. And since I really enjoyed my reading experience of the book, I didn't want to watch anything which would later alter my initial view. So, I waited an appreciable amount of time after reading the book and was so pleasantly surprised by this delightful movie. In my opinion it was very faithful to the book and really brought the characters to real life much as the book did. I also enjoyed seeing the confusion over who wrote the love letter and then who saw it and then the aftermath of relationships based on this letter and finally the truth about the letter. I would certainly recommend this video and if you have extra time, read the book also.
Rating:
Summary: I wish I could give it less than 1 star
Review: Boring, Boring, Boring. I was so bored by the whole thing, I didn't care who the stupid letter was from. I couldn't keep from falling asleep. Everything about this movie...
Rating: 
Summary: There's no "in between"...
Review: By the looks of previous customer reviews, you'll either love or hate "The Love Letter". I'd never heard of the film, and happened upon it quite by accident while channel surfing. It may have been the late hour, my mood, the whimsical characters, or the beautiful backdrop, but I found it delightful. --Definitely not a an Oscar contender; but an endearing little gem nonetheless. Just the thing for a rainy day, curled up with a bowl of popcorn. (CHICK FLICK ADVISORY: Not recommended for Steven Segal, Sylvester Stallone, or Jean Claude Van Damme fans!)
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Summary: One of the most boring movies ever made
Review: Don't even go there. If ever a movie needed a car chase to liven things up this is it. Badly written and dull in the extreme. If you need a romance theme watch While You Were Sleeping again.
Rating:
Summary: This is a really BAD movie
Review: Don't waste any time on this disaster masquerading as a movie. It's boring and unoriginal. The characters are one-dimensional, and there is no plot. The lack of direction is beyond hideous. Whoever ok'd this script should be banished to the land of dunces, ASAP. And, after watching this mess of a movie, I wouldn't allow Kate Capshaw anywhere near a script, regardless of whether it's a good script or a bad one. And this is a bad one, believe me.
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Summary: Kate, Say It Isn't So, Kate...
Review: From Dreamworks and director Peter Chan, "The Love Letter" is a romantic comedy that takes place in a picturesque, New England coastal village where single mom Helen (Kate Capshaw) owns a quaint, little bookstore. One day at work, Helen happens across an anonymous letter (the "love letter" of the title) that has somehow become lodged beneath the cushions of a reading couch. Upon reading the amorous prose therein, she believes it has been written to her, purposely placed in the couch for her to find, and, for reasons of her own, thinks she knows the identity of her secret admirer. Inadvertently, however, Helen leaves the letter out where her employee, Janet (Ellen DeGeneres) finds it, believes it to be for her, and, of course, thinks she knows who wrote it. Circumstances then bring it into the possession of a young man named Johnny (Tom Everett Scott), who thinks Helen has written the letter to him. And before it all gets sorted out, you can only imagine the hilarious situations into which all of those involved have been cast; and I do mean imagine, because the way this movie plays out, the audience gets little more from it than what it brings along itself. There are two specific areas in which this romantic comedy fails miserably: It simply isn't very romantic, and it's not funny; and that is a potent combination that causes this film to misfire practically from the opening credits. Once the setting and main character (Helen) have been established, it basically goes nowhere for the next ninety minutes or so. By the time you finally find out who actually wrote the letter, and to whom, you could care less. Rounding out the cast is Tom Selleck, Blythe Danner, Julianne Nicholson, Gloria Stuart and Geraldine McEwan. It's a shame to see such talent wasted on such claptrap as this, and looking bad in the balance. Kate Capshaw, who usually brightens up the screen just by showing up, looks tired here, while Selleck appears to have just come in off a three day bender that's lasted a week. Ellen DeGeneres actually comes away looking the best of the bunch. It is said that the journey is often a more heady experience than the destination. In the case of "The Love Letter," however, it would have been best for all concerned if everybody had just stayed home in the first place.
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