Letter Never Sent (2015 TV Movie) User Reviews

A Love Letter That Creates Some Trouble

[nammage · 7/10 · 12 November 2015]

The first thing wrong with this film is they had people in their 30's playing high school students in the beginning of the film so when it transitions to the future they look like they never aged, at all. It's unbelievable. They could have gotten younger look-a-likes, or even attempted makeup of some kind. Also, the main character's mother doesn't look too much older than he does. While not implausible, it just seemed a bit off.

The story itself is about a guy who's been in love with his next door neighbor forever. Going with the title of the film, he wrote a letter to the love of his life when he found out she broke up with her boyfriend and was about to give it to her but doesn't when he finds out they got back together. So, it's the future and he's still pining over her. He finds out she has a boyfriend so he falls back to his old pattern of being in love with her without telling her.

The guy's best friend finds the letter and he memorized and uses it on a girl he likes, claiming he wrote it, to get the girl, and then he loses the letter so they try to find it before someone else does, especially the girl Tom (the friend) spoke it to. But the current boyfriend of the main girl finds it, and keeps it but then tells Henry (the main guy) that he has the letter but he, Henry, plays as if he was a player in High School, and that the letter was meaningless.

Overall, the film's not bad if not overly predictable. Has some sweet spots, some mildly humorous parts, and typical of the genre. The composition was a bit annoying but didn't ruin the film.

It's a movie that made me smile, at times, and that's always good because I'm the type of guy who doesn't smile often, so worth a watch.

6.8/10

Pretty good romance

[herrcarter-92161 · 7/10 · 9 December 2023]

This was a decent romance film. Certainly not an Oscar winner, but for a Hallmark-esque romance, it was good. The story was fairly cliche. Long-term friends who should really connect romantically, except that one of them is already in a relationship and the other is too wimpy to share their real feelings. That's pretty much the whole storyline, and you know from the first 15 minutes of the movie how it's going to end up. But even though the plot is stretched pretty thin, I thought the two leads had good chemistry with each other. Haley Webb and Callard Harris dialed in decent performances. I'd never seen either of them in anything, but they did fine. The character of Rich, the unsuitable boyfriend, was sufficiently controlling so that you disliked him. These characters gave us just what we would expect from a romance about a love triangle.

The script was a little weak in spots. It's hard to put your finger on any one big item, but there were definitely some rough spots that needed polishing. One glaring loose end that I wish they had tied up was the whole issue with Claire's house. She broke up with her boyfriend Rich because she didn't want to sell her house in the suburbs and move in with him in the city. Yet, in the end, she and Henry get into a relationship, and he lives on the other side of the country, and has a business there. So, does he give up his whole life and business in New York and move to California to be with Claire, or does Claire sell her precious house after all and move to New York to be with Henry? There wasn't a satisfactory (or any) resolution there. I also didn't like the final resolution, where Henry gives Claire his high school love letter, then recites it word-for-word. I think it would have been much better if she had found the discarded letter and read it herself and then confronted Henry about it. At that point, he could have admitted that he still felt the same, and it wouldn't have been quite so cringy.

So, in all, this was a decent romance, and an adequate way to spend an hour or two. It gave us what we expect from such a movie, but we probably won't remember it a year from now.

a sweet movie about unrequited love

[Logomark890 · 8 June 2018]

This is a tv movie just so you know. this movie is really sweet. it is funny at times. it is predictable still enjoyable and acting is good. it is about struggling to express your love and second chances and still how difficult it is to express. you may relate to it if you are ever in that situation.

A fresh cast elevates a familiar plot

[rebekahrox · 9/10 · 28 November 2016]

"Letter Never Sent" is a thoroughly enjoyable romantic comedy. Entirely predictable, sure, but sometimes that's the charm. This one succeeds because of the cast. The female lead is very appealing (and bares a strong resemblance to Michelle Monaghan). The male lead makes a believable ex-nerd who has loved her his whole life. The secondary leads are engaging as well. The actress who plays her best friend Lily reminds me of a more wholesome Scarlet Johanson. She played the best friend in another romantic T.V. movie and it's about time this actress got the lead role. The actor who plays the "dumb jock" who falls for her is perfectly cast. And now we come to Eva La Rue. She looks young enough to be the lead actor's sister, not mother! But since she really is 50 years old, it works. The obligatory current fiancé is played by an actor who really makes you hate him. What more could you ask? I seem to be gushing a bit here, but it is so rare that we get a T.V. romantic comedy that doesn't seem churned out by the hundreds (thank-you Hallmark) and really checks all the boxes. If only Hallmark would take a page from this example and cast some fresh young talent playing 20-somethings that really are twenty- something. This entry shows that with the right casting and a basic yet well written plot without a lot of gimmicks (Christmas Cookies! Ice sculptures! Princesses! Time Travel! Magic Santa Clauses!), you can make a perfectly charming little movie

No chemistry between the leads

[olteanumirela-32780 · 2/10 · 9 August 2023]

There is just nothing there between the main actors. Can't even finish this as it makes no sense and I have better things to do with my life. Rather watch two emotionless dead logs try to force an appearance of romance on the screen. He seems to have no personality beyond his school days persona and she seems so bland. Maybe that's the basis for the "romance"? I would not waste my time with this movie. The script is also very poor and unimaginative. Who goes to their highschool grounds to get inspiration? And who would ever want a 50th Birthday party where the decorations are old photographs from your youth? How is that a great idea?! Whoever wrote this silly script should hide in shame for all eternity.

Much more intelligent than your typical Hallmark film!

[centava99 · 8/10 · 30 July 2019]

Sweet but not cloyingly so. The dialogue is funny and occasionally witty and the characters aren't continually talking about their feelings. It was actually fun to watch!

Just no......

[skpn123 · 2/10 · 4 January 2021]

Love Hallmark movies but this lifetime cheesy version is so amazingly bad. Within 5 minutes I was totally irritated by the lead, Henry who doesn't deserve any partner - such a poor communicator and such an incredible Wuess - and with the emotional maturity of a 10 year old. Claire is not decisive at all either to the point of ridicualous. No chemistry at all between the leads.

Great ending

[Jackbv123 · 9/10 · 1 October 2020]

This is a charming but pretty typical Hallmark-type movie (actually distributed by PixL, but made by Larry Levinson who made these movies before the channel existed). It proceeds along nicely with a leading lady, Claire, who is attractive in more than just looks; a sympathetic underdog male lead, Henry; and the existing boyfriend, Rich, who reminds you of the high school jock/bully that likely terrorized Henry in those days.

There are several well used plot devices and in general terms the movie is very predictable. Yet it is still enjoyable until the climax. Then it ends fantastically but I won't say any more about that except that from that point to the final scene I loved it. I think much of the appeal earlier on was in the chemistry between Haley Webb and Callard Harris, neither one of whom do I remember seeing before.

There were two side stories. One is Henry's mom and a long ago friend of hers. The other is Tom and Lily. Both side stories add a little bit to the overall story since each in it's own way has similarities to the main story. Yet neither takes away too much attention from Henry and Claire's story.

Some BTW comments that have nothing to do with my rating: 1 - the blackmail made no sense since revealing the secret would have made the blackmailer's position worse and he would have known that. 2 - Henry's mom, played by Eva LaRue was distractingly attractive for a 28 year old's mom. My first impression of her was that she was as physically attractive as Claire, or at least nearly so. 3 - the "slide show" was particularly strange as a salute to the mom since it included several photos that had nothing to do with her and more to do with someone else.