The Letter Never Sent
Genre: Drama/Romance
Director: John Crowley
Writer: Andrew Doster
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Rupert Friend, Jonathan Bailey, Ben Feldman, Alyla Browne
Budget: $26,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $18,019,908
Foreign Box Office: $11,397,235
Total Profit: -$17,099,333
Reaction: Round 4 of Season 35 is not doing great at the box office. This is the third film in a row to lose money for the studio and already the fifth film this season (out of 12 films).
"While aesthetically similar to Crowley's past romance films, this one takes a step towards the fantastical with its dreamlike weaving between time periods. This is one of its biggest strengths, portraying nostalgia for the sensation that it is: longing for a past that never truly existed. But where it excels in mood, it lacks in character development as everyone feels like sketches of an idea rather than fully realized people." - Geoff Bray, Slant Magazine
"The Letter Never Sent is a beautifully controlled, emotionally literate romance that trusts mood over melodrama. Scarlett Johansson gives one of her most restrained and affecting performances in years. Even when the film flirts with narrative artifice, its compassion for longing and emotional self-examination keeps it moving and sincere." - Chris Mears, Slashfilm
"Despite elegant craft and committed performances, The Letter Never Sent ultimately sabotages itself with a twist that drains the story of consequence. By reframing its central romance as something fundamentally unreal, the film turns what should be lingering melancholy into emotional misdirection. The result feels less like poetic ambiguity and more like a rug pull that undercuts the investment it spent two hours carefully building." - Brian Edelstein, Time Out
Rated PG-13 for sensuality and thematic material
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