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The Love Letter

The Love Letter

Comedy that pushes the envelope

1999•1h 28m•5.1/10
ComedyRomance

Ratings

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5.1/10(70)

In the sleepy New England town of Loblolly By The Sea, a letter has arrived that is going to wake things up. It is a love letter - ardent, sensual... and unsigned. As the letter falls into different hands, residents of the small town to eye one another with renewed interest - wondering who it's for and who it's from. Determined to find the letter's author, Helen MacFarquhar begins a quest that will open her life to a new chapter involving two decidedly different men: George, an old friend from her past, and Johnny, a young man very much in her present. Unexpectedly, one mysterious love note has the power to unlock some startling secrets, leaving a trail of wonderful surprises as it turns an entire town upside down.

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Production

DreamWorks Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Kate Capshaw

Kate Capshaw

Helen

Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner

Lillian

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres

Janet

Geraldine McEwan

Geraldine McEwan

Miss Scattergoods

Julianne Nicholson

Julianne Nicholson

Jennifer

Tom Everett Scott

Tom Everett Scott

Johnny

Tom Selleck

Tom Selleck

George

Gloria Stuart

Gloria Stuart

Eleanor

Bill Buell

Bill Buell

Officer Dan

Alice Drummond

Alice Drummond

Postal Clerk

Erik Jensen

Erik Jensen

Ray

Margaret Ann Brady

Selma

Jessica Capshaw

Jessica Capshaw

Kelly

Walter Covell

Post Office Customer

Patrick Donnelly

Patrick Donnelly

Bookstore Customer

Lucas Hall

Lucas Hall

Garbage Man

Christian Harmony

Garbage Man

Christopher Nee

Garbage Man

Marilyn Rockafellow

Vivian

Breanne Smith

Emily

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