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Critical Consensus

Dueling Critics
starstarstarstar Kevin Thomas - LA Times
starstarstar Wesley Morris - SF Examiner
starstarstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstarstar Margaret McGurk - Cincinnati Enquirer
starstarstar Robert Horton - Film.com
starstarstar Mike Clark - USA Today
starstarstar Mark Caro - Chicago Tribune
starstarstar Diana Abu-Jaber - Portland Oregonian
starstarstar Stephen Holden - NY Times
starstar Jack Mathews - NY Daily News
starstar Jane Sumner - Dallas Morning News
starstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstar Mark Burger - Winston-Salem Journal
starstar Rod Dreher - NY Post
starstar Jeff Vice - Deseret News

“A romantic comedy of much charm and wisdom . . . takes a bemused look at the capriciousness of fate in determining the course of our lives”

- Kevin Thomas

“At a little more than 80 minutes, [it] could be the dullest film of its length we’ll see all year”

- Jeff Vice

The Love Letter
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A found love letter addressed to no one sets off a chain of crushes, affairs and misunderstandings in a small seaside village. Based on Cathleen Schine's novel. Kate Capshaw, Ellen DeGeneres, Tom Selleck, Blythe Danner, Tom Everett Scott. Director: Peter Chan (1999, R)
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