In the sleepy New England town of Loblolly By The Sea, a letter has arrived that is going to wake things up. It is a love letter - ardent, sensual... and unsigned. As the letter falls into different hands, residents of the small town to eye one another with renewed interest - wondering who it's for and who it's from. Determined to find the letter's author, Helen MacFarquhar begins a quest that will open her life to a new chapter involving two decidedly different men: George, an old friend from her past, and Johnny, a young man very much in her present. Unexpectedly, one mysterious love note has the power to unlock some startling secrets, leaving a trail of wonderful surprises as it turns an entire town upside down.
Acting
Ellen DeGeneres steals every scene as the sardonic best friend
Production
Impossibly quaint coastal town you'll want to move to immediately
Costume
Kate Capshaw's bookstore-owner cardigans are a whole aesthetic
Director
Peter Chan Ho-Sun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Peter Chan was a Hong Kong cinema legend making his bizarre American debut—this was his only English-language feature.
Kate Capshaw produced this through her own company, essentially casting herself in the fantasy of every 40-something woman in 1999—competing for her affection: Tom Selleck AND a young Tom Everett Scott.
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