The Last Letter From Your Lover Movie Review: Shailene Woodley's Love Affair Gets Felicity Jones The Short End
The Last Letter From Your Lover offers several sweet moments but it's not enough for you to want to return. Shailene Woodley and Felicity Jones-starrer at the best is a one time watch.
Star
Cast:
Shailene
Woodley,
Callum
Turner,
Joe
Alwyn,
Felicity
Jones,
Nabhaan
Rizwan
Director:
Augustine
Frizzell
Available
On:
Netflix
Duration:
150
Minutes
Language:
English
Story:
A
journalist
falls
in
love
with
an
archivist
as
they
uncover
the
story
of
an
illicit
love
affair
in
the
1960s,
with
the
help
of
old
forgotten
letters.
Review:
The
Last
Letter
From
Your
Lover
follows
Ellie
Haworth
(Felicity
Jones),
a
young
journalist
who
happens
to
find
a
love
letter
while
working
on
a
story.
Taken
by
the
passion
in
the
letter,
Ellie
hunts
down
more
information
about
Boot,
and
J
Ellie
and
the
archivist
accompanying
her-
Rory
end
up
falling
for
each
other.
Rory
tries
to
reason
with
her
but
Ellie
who
has
lost
all
faith
in
love
after
being
hurt
in
a
past
relationship,
refuses
to
give
their
love
a
chance.
Meanwhile,
in
the
1960s,
J
aka
Jennifer
Stirling
(Shailene
Woodley)
a
socialite
who
has
a
perfect
life
is
returning
home
from
the
hospital
after
an
accident.
She
does
not
remember
her
life
before
but
follows
her
husband
home.
Slowly,
as
she
talks
to
her
friends
and
gets
comfortable
in
her
old
life,
she
realises
something
is
missing.
She
soon
finds
a
letter
sent
to
her
from
Boot,
indicating
that
she
had
an
affair
and
was
happy
with
someone
else.
Suspicious
of
her
past,
J
begins
to
look
for
Boot,
trying
to
understand
what
he
meant
to
her.
In
present-day
London,
Ellie
is
curious
to
find
out
what
happened
to
Boot
and
J.
She
manages
to
hunt
them
down
but
fails
to
reason
with
them.
When
she
tries
to
return
the
letters,
Jennifer
refuses
to
speak
with
her
or
Boot
aka
Mr
O'Hare.
Ellie
then
tries
to
bring
them
together
believing
that
their
love
deserves
a
second
chance.
Director
Augustine
Frizzell's
efforts
show
in
the
scenes
from
the
1960s
and
the
costume,
the
picture
tone
and
the
screenplay
by
Nick
Payne
and
Esta
Spalding
is
sure
to
give
you
all
the
feels.
What
takes
it
away
is
the
broken
back
and
forth
to
present-day
London.
J
and
Boot
have
the
pure
romance
and
love
of
the
golden
era.
Unfortunately,
Ellie
Haworth's
typical
modern-day
romance
does
not
get
the
same
amount
of
screen
time
of
genuinity.
The
production
too
feels
somewhere
between
a
TV
movie
and
an
early
2000s
film.
The
back
and
forth
as
Ellie
figures
out
the
story
while
Jennifer
is
figuring
out
her
past,
doesn't
work
well
either.
The
two
love
stories
also
lack
a
central
connection.
Ellie
realises
love
deserves
a
second
chance
by
seeing
J
and
Boot
but
the
audience
never
gets
to
see
the
moment
of
realisation.
Overall,
The
Last
Letter
From
Your
Lover
offers
several
sweet
moments
but
it's
not
enough
for
you
to
want
to
return.
The
Shailene
Woodley
and
Felicity
Jones-starrer
at
the
best
is
a
one
time
watch.