A lack of story development and chemistry between the two actors leaves much to be desired, although Jones and Rizwan do their best with what they’re given. In her case, it’s with her colleague, Rory (Nabhaan Rizwan). In the present day, Ellie is given a love story of her own to parallel that of Jennifer and Boot. Through Ellie’s journalistic prowess, she is able to track down Jennifer and Boot and solve the lovelorn mystery. Boot, meet, fall in love, and ultimately, how one is left at Marylebone train station heartbroken. As Ellie uncovers each letter, we see how Jennifer and Anthony, a.k.a. The love letters are, of course, between Jennifer and a suitor, Anthony O’Hare (Callum Turner). Ellie is compelled to learn what happened to the couple after reading the last of the letters, much like the audiences of the aforementioned Nicholas Sparks/Jojo Moyes-type films wanting to know what happens after the screen fades to black. Reading letter after letter, Ellie puts together a story of forbidden romance between a woman in a loveless marriage and a divorced single father recognizing true love. Her husband’s (Joe Alwyn) cold attitude toward her indicates that the Stirlings are perhaps a marriage of convenience rather than love.Įllie and Jennifer’s timelines become intertwined when Ellie discovers a set of old letters between two lovers engaged in an affair. Back in the ‘60s, Jennifer Stirling ( Shailene Woodley)-an American married to a Brit-has just suffered an accident causing memory loss. Ellie Haworth ( Felicity Jones) is a journalist introduced to us after a one-night stand, next to a man whose name she doesn’t know, with the requisite morning after smudged eyeliner to inform us that she is an unlucky in love 30-something. In The Last Letter from Your Lover we alternate between the 1960s and present-day London where two young women are navigating love in their respective eras. The latest of the genre is The Last Letter from Your Lover, an adaptation of Moyes’ novel of the same name, directed by Augustine Frizzell. These stories are ripe for cinematic interpretation and the movie adaptations have achieved varying levels of success so far. People who love the rush of seeing the main characters unite (ideally in the middle of the street while it’s raining) or revel in the heartbreak of two star-crossed lovers thwarted by a cosmic misstep. Not to mention the devoted followings to these and other similar novels. They play with your emotions and know exactly which heart strings to tug at. There’s something almost manipulative about Jojo Moyes (and Nicholas Sparks) novels.
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