Love Letter (1998)
by Dan Curtis
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Actor: Campbell Scott, Daphne Ashbrook, David Dukes, Estelle Parsons, Jennifer Jason LeighDirector: Dan Curtis
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 99 minutes
Release Date: 1999-01-12
Audience Rating: Unrated
Publisher: Hallmark
Studio: Hallmark
VHS Movie Reviews of Love Letter (1998)
Movie Review: Incredible time-travel romance that rivals Somewhere in Time
Summary: 4 Stars
Growing up with Somewhere in Time (Collector's Edition), I was intrigued by Hallmark Hall of Fame's Love Letter, based on a haunting 1959 short story by Jack Finney. Scott Corrigan is a Civil War buff who designs Civil War simulation games (check out the 1998 computer graphics!). One day as he and his fiancee Debra are shopping for a vintage wedding gown, he discovers an antique desk and it's love at first sight, even though he can't really afford it. Scott's also a restorer in his spare time, so when he tries to polish the desk, he discovers the (common Civil War) feature of a hidden compartment that contains a small bottle of ink, a fountain pen, and some blank stationary addressed "Elizabeth Whitcomb." He also finds a sensual, romantic letter to the imaginary man of Elizabeth's dreams, and Scott actually drafts a response using Elizabeth's pen and stationary. Scott's free spirit mother Beatrice is excited about the prospect, and finds vintage 1-cent stamps. Feeling crazy, Scott mails the letter from an Antebellum post office.
And here's where the story takes a magical turn: hoping against hope, Scott opens the secret compartment to find a response, and he and Lizzie begin a romantic correspondence across time. The film does a beautiful job with the Civil War-era furnishings and costuming, and Jennifer Jason Leigh is positively radiant as Lizzie, although she is clearly older than Lizzie, whose age is given as 29. Campbell Scott is riveting as a man coming to grips with the fact that he's essentially in love with a ghost; just as in his later performance in Follow The Stars Home, he's a master at using glances and body language to convey emotion without overacting.
Fans of Somewhere in Time will likely be drawn to Love Letter, but both stories are unique. I would have to say that Love Letter is much more bittersweet, but no less enjoyable. The DVD also features a "making of" feature.
Summary of Love Letter (1998)
No one with romantic tendencies will be able to resist The Love Letter. Campbell Scott plays a Civil War buff who buys a desk from that era. While polishing it, he discovers a secret compartment, in which sits an unmailed letter--a letter written by a young woman named Lizzie (Jennifer Jason Leigh) over a century earlier. Touched by her yearning for passion, he writes her back, egged on by his mystically inclined mother (Estelle Parsons). Magically his letter reaches Lizzie and they begin a correspondence that threatens Scott's impending marriage but promises to bring fulfilment to Lizzie. The Love Letter is absurd, yet somehow that doesn't stop it from being completely engaging and even moving. Scott and Parsons are solid, while Jason Leigh is downright rapturous--the movie may owe its success to her. The plot has surprising twists and the conclusion is sweet and satisfying. An unexpected pleasure. --Bret FetzerDrama VHS Video
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