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The Last Letter from Your Lover

The Last Letter from Your Lover

Drama · Romance · 2021

A young journalist in London becomes obsessed with a series of letters she discovers that recounts an intense star-crossed love affair from the 1960s.

Movie details

The Last Letter from Your Lover

“Don't leave your love story unwritten.”

2021 Drama · Romance 1h 50m

Critical arithmetic

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7.3 / 10

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A young journalist in London becomes obsessed with a series of letters she discovers that recounts an intense star-crossed love affair from the 1960s.

CriticWise case file

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Augustine Frizzell

Written by

Nick Payne · Esta Spalding

Shailene Woodley

Shailene Woodley

Jennifer Stirling

Felicity Jones

Felicity Jones

Ellie Haworth

Callum Turner

Callum Turner

Anthony O'Hare

Joe Alwyn

Joe Alwyn

Lawrence Stirling

Nabhaan Rizwan

Nabhaan Rizwan

Rory McCallan

Ncuti Gatwa

Ncuti Gatwa

Nick

Emma Appleton

Emma Appleton

Hannah

Court is in session

Put The Last Letter from Your Lover on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.