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In Netflixs latest rom-comTo All the Boys Ive Loved Before,lettersarethe movie.
Obviously, though, those letters get mailed out … and thats where the story kicks off.
Read on before you decide to mail out your own secret stash.
She then puts that letter in an envelope and addresses it.
Are These Letters Any Good?
:Theyre age-appropriate letters written by a hopeless romantic.
Should These Letters Have Been Written?
:Sure, why not?
Write on, girlfriend.
Whats the Lesson Here?
:Dont address secret love letters unless you want them to get mailed, ya dummy.
Would you expect anything less from John Keats?
Are These Letters Any Good?
:No other letters need apply, these letters are the best letters.
Should These Letters Have Been Written?
:Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.
Whats the Lesson Here?
Picture Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan as business rivals falling for each other over email).
And whenJimmy Stewart reads some of those letters out loud, well, gird your loins, people.
Are These Letters Any Good?
:Theyre no John Keats, but they are very, very nice all on their own.
Should These Letters Have Been Written?
:How else would Klara and Alfred know theyre crazy for each other?
Whats the Lesson Here?
:Be nice to your co-workers in case one of them turns out to be a secret love interest.
I mean, it works out this time, but guys, that could get so awkward!
Is This Letter Any Good?
I mean, the brooding dude can turn a phrase.
Should This Letter Have Been Written?:Definitely!
It gets a lot done.
Whats the Lesson Here?
Also, apologize to people.
Oh, and also: Read letters from mysterious men with moody music playing the background.
It adds a special something to the occasion.
Instead, they were torn apart, and her family moved away.
When she reunites with Noah years later and is all, WTF didnt you write?
hes like, Excuse me, I wrote my sad little heart out to you 365 TIMES.
(Im paraphrasing, but Allies mom withholding those letters really messed things up.)
Thankfully, she saved the letters and gives them to Allie (feeling guilty, mom?
Love is a mystery!
Is This Letter Any Good?
Should This Letter Have Been Written?
:Technically, no.
Noah shouldnt have needed to write this letter but, moms.
I GUESS THERES THAT.
Whats the Lesson Here?
Youll write for 365 days but you wont go knock on her door?
Are These Letters Any Good?:Snoozefest.
Now, thats a letter.
Should These Letters Have Been Written?
:They were in love and he was in the army, so it makes sense.
Also, the movie is calledDear Johnso there better be letters somewhere.
Whats the Lesson Here?
We quickly learn its because of this letter.
Well, okay, its because of Ilsa, the person who wrote this letter.
And all of this happens in the rain, making it infinitely sadder.
Is This Letter Any Good?
Should This Letter Have Been Written?:No!
At the very least Ilsa shouldve dumped Rick in person.
Her husband was alive thats a very understandable reason to break up with someone.
I mean, he still wouldve felt like he had his guts kicked out, but he wouldve understood.
Whats the Lesson Here?
:Always read sad letters in the rain so that mask your tears.
Is This Letter Any Good?
:I mean, it gets to the point.
Should This Letter Have Been Written?
:The hardest of nos.
Whats the Lesson Here?
:Dont write letters.
But this isnt some letter-writing time-traveling rom-com.
This is a drama, people.
It works and the lovers finally find each other in 2008.
Why does this mailbox have these powers?
No one knows and no one cares because the time-traveling mailbox reunites the two beautiful people fromSpeed.
Are These Letters Any Good?
:Does it matter?!
Should These Letters Have Been Written?
Whats the Lesson Here?
