The Love Letter

The Love Letter

🎞️ Movie 88 min US
โ˜… 5.5 /10 1999

No one knows who sent it. No one knows who it's for. But everyone's getting the same message.

The power of words and images to open hearts. Helen runs, miles a day, to burn off energy: she's an emotional celibate. Going through the post at her shop, she finds a romantic and poetic letter between the couch cushions, unsigned, and thinks it's for her. It melts her resistance to feelings, and soon she undertakes an affair with Johnny, a collegiate employee. (He sees the letter and thinks she wrote it to him; he quotes some of it, so she thinks he wrote it to her.) In the background are Helen's long-time friend, George, who loves her, and her mother who abruptly left on a long trip months' before. Discovering who actually wrote the letter brings insight and promise.

Cast

Kate Capshaw
Kate Capshaw
Helen
Tom Everett Scott
Tom Everett Scott
Johnny
Tom Selleck
Tom Selleck
George
Blythe Danner
Blythe Danner
Lillian
Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres
Janet
Geraldine McEwan
Geraldine McEwan
Miss Scattergoods
Julianne Nicholson
Julianne Nicholson
Jennifer
Gloria Stuart
Gloria Stuart
Eleanor
Bill Buell
Bill Buell
Officer Dan
Alice Drummond
Alice Drummond
Postal Clerk
Luis Bacalov
Luis Bacalov
Composer
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Tami Reiker
Cinematographer