Letters to Juliet is set in Verona, it is about Juliet but in a less obnoxious way and the protagonist doesn't try to murder the love interest or endanger his job, doesn't do property damage and doesn't make a fake call to the police. Charlie gets back at her by taking out her diary pages and hanging them on the walls of Juliet's House.
The only redeeming thing is Tom Hopper as Charlie (just to note that the love interest in letters to Juliet is also named Charlie and British) who is charming and funny in the role. Kat Graham does a good job with the little material she has to work, which is sadly very little. Julie as a protagonist is unlikeable and lacking personality. She is a generic romantic idiot. Who reads Romeo & Juliet to 3rd grades and expects them to like it? And she randomly starts messing with Charlie after they agreed to share the villa because she wants it all for herself. And for the most part Charlie was behaving decent for the situation, but oh, no!, being sarcastic and unfriendly are unforgivable sins. Julie was written (very) badly and blandly.
For most of the time I like formulaic romantic comedies because I know what I'm getting and all that I want are two likeable leads, halfway decent dialogue and when it is a destination romantic comedy, some nice shots of the destination.
Just watch Letters to Juliet; it's much nicer.
The only redeeming thing is Tom Hopper as Charlie (just to note that the love interest in letters to Juliet is also named Charlie and British) who is charming and funny in the role. Kat Graham does a good job with the little material she has to work, which is sadly very little. Julie as a protagonist is unlikeable and lacking personality. She is a generic romantic idiot. Who reads Romeo & Juliet to 3rd grades and expects them to like it? And she randomly starts messing with Charlie after they agreed to share the villa because she wants it all for herself. And for the most part Charlie was behaving decent for the situation, but oh, no!, being sarcastic and unfriendly are unforgivable sins. Julie was written (very) badly and blandly.
For most of the time I like formulaic romantic comedies because I know what I'm getting and all that I want are two likeable leads, halfway decent dialogue and when it is a destination romantic comedy, some nice shots of the destination.
Just watch Letters to Juliet; it's much nicer.