Ahh, well, who doesn’t love a good ‘enemies to lovers’ trope?? Especially when it’s done with the right amount of chemistry and some heavy dose of teasing between the two love interests! Sophie and Charlie were truly sweet together; they were seemingly polar opposites at first, but after forcibly spending time together, they seem to share similar values and actually get along like a house on fire! I really liked how smitten Charlie looked with Sophie after a certain point; he kind of gave me puppy vibes sometimes, the way he stared at her like she was the sun, the moon and the stars. Anyway, maybe I would have liked slightly more development between these two, but what we got was already pretty good! Perhaps some might call this movie a little sappy, and they wouldn’t be wrong, but I found it mostly charming in this case!
My only two problems with this movie were that Claire and Lorenzo’s love story was a little too ridiculous for me, and I also didn’t quite understand why Sophie was engaged to that annoying, self-absorbed guy for most of the movie; even if she hadn’t met Charlie, why was she even with that guy in the first place??
Regardless, I really enjoyed this movie overall. Although it was somewhat slower paced and a little weird in its dialogue sometimes, it truly was a sweet and romantic movie.
What a great romance in a unique story book fashion as it follows a young woman on the premises of getting married who finds herself helping an old lady find her long lost love and on the way finds a new side of her romantic self. The plot development and casting is superb to go along with the great scenery and atmosphere to add to the story book hope that proceeds the audience.
Yes - this is a romantic movie without the comic relief that would typically make these movies tolerable. I am not the target audience. This was fine but generic. It does not do anything to draw me in, but I am sure it will work for those that like these movies.
Rating: 2/5 - 6.5/10 - Not Recommended to Everyone
Story was decent, Lorenzo and Claire were cute, but the relationship between Sophie and Charlie barely had development. The declaration of love at the end felt so disingenuous and jarringly comedic compared to the rest of the movie.
i feel like the movie regarded itself as the epitome of romance. i knew that she was gonna leave her guy right at the start. and i knew she was gonna get with charlie. who by the way is ugly af just like amanda siegfried. like oh her letter was just o so amazing some lady from half a century ago IMMEDIATELY comes to wherever the movie was set. like shut up
The movie sucks, why just they don't call all those lorenzo bartolini instead of go around the country to meet all of them ??
First, a letter sent with Poste Italiane can't arrive to London in just one day, it's actually impossible. Even a week would be a speed record
She asks a random stranger to bring her back and he brings her to Verona??? 600 km??? Won't he drive her to the train station?? . The guy chases her, goes literally 2 minutes later but he arrives at least one hour later????? Maybe they cut some hilarious scene where he ran out of gas or had a flat tire?
And then, the whole family is called Lorenzo Bartolini? It's illegal in Italy! You can't give your name to your son
5 stars for Gael Garcia Bernal who made a perfect interpretation of his Rodrigo so many years in advance. It's the same, but with food instead of music
Classic movie trope in the end where she thinks his cousin is his girlfriend . It was obvious in the moment she got on the screen.
Solid financial advice in the end: buy alitalia stocks (which at the time, and still now, is bankrupt!)
Shout by lenaBlockedParent2012-05-18T21:06:02Z
Christopher Egan and Amanda Seyfried have great chemistry.Very romantic movie