directed by Luis Mandoki
Perhaps Monday isn’t the most romantic day of the week, but let’s change that, shall we? Today, I’d like to recommend you a very specific romantic drama, which can make the sensitive ones cry a river. The main character is Theresa (Robin Wright Penn), who works for the “Chicago Tribune” newspaper. One day, she finds a bottle on the beach, inside which there’s a typed letter. The author of the letter wrote to some Catherine, who was the man’s biggest love. Unfortunately, according to what could be read, the woman died and the author misses her incredibly. Theresa is very much moved and after sharing with her colleagues, the “Chicago Tribune” prints the letter in one of their newspapers. At first, Theresa isn’t happy about it, but then she receives more very similar letters found by the readers and decides to contact the man responsible for writing them. His name is Garrett Blake (Kevin Costner) and he lives in North Carolina with his father Dodge (Paul Newman). The woman meets Garrett, but somehow tells him nothing about the letters. Those two start having some chemistry between each other that there’s no point of mentioning how Theresa really ended up in North Carolina. However, it’s not one of those stories where after several days they want to get married, have children, buy a house, plant a tree and adopt a dog. Not at all. Garrett is actually so much in grief after losing Catherine that it’s very hard for him to open up to another woman, even though he likes her. Those who don’t like romances might be a little bit bored, but I still think that, considering the message coming from this film and the ending, you should check it out. I was moved at the end and this story will stay with me for some time for sure. Besides, you can see Paul Newman in a quite interesting role. I didn’t recognise him at first, but the character of Dodge was definitely outstanding. And which woman doesn’t dream of finding such letter in a bottle…
My rating: 7/10
S.
I have nothing to watch 