Letter's To Juliet

Amanda Seyfried is sweet Sophie who is A fact checker for The New Yorker with dreams of being a writer.  She jets off to Verona with her fiance Victor (Bernal) for a pre honeymoon and instead of romantic time of togetherness that she envisioned the two end up on different paths and hardly spend any time together at all.  Instead, Sophie ends up on a little adventure where she helps Claire (Redgrave)  who still feels the sting of love lost find her long lost love whom she fell in love with and never saw again after a teenage summer romance.  Her and Claire hit it off immediately but she can't exactly say the same for her grandson Charlie (Egan).  The unlikely trio set out on their search and turn up all kinds of surprises.

• Amanda Seyfried is so sweet and gentle.  The face of an angel indeed as she pushes her disappointment over her absent fiance aside and embraces Claire and her search for Lorenzo.
• Bernal is quite obnoxious as the passionate foodie who seems to love food more then anything else in life including his fiance.  I knew right away that their relationship was doomed when he was more interested in Pasta then her.
• Such a sweet story.  The tears were rolling towards the end of the movie as the sounds of Taylor Swift's "Love Song" began sweloling in the background.  I'm in love and so moved by the very notion of soul mates and true love so this was right up my alley.  If that isn't your cup of tea then this movie probably won't be for you but I LOVED it

5 Stars

Rudo Y Cursi

Starring: Gael Garica Bernal and Diego Luna
Comedy Drama, 2008

Two brothers in Mexico are handed their ticket out of poverty when they are offered the opportunity to play professional soccer. Now that they finally have their chance and have hit the big time how will they handle it? You can take the man out of the barrio but you can't always take the barrio out of the man.

• Spanish with English subtitles.
• Watching these boys navigate their new town and new opportunity was kind of like watching a train wreck. You wanted them to succeed but at the same time you just knew that they were not meant for the good life. They just don't have the tools or wherewithal to handle it. Sadly.
• These boys are taken totally out of their element and given a great opportunity but poor decisions stand in their way at every turn. Classic scenario
  

4 Stars