As she searches for the letters, she comes to know a man who works in the paper’s archives office. While much of the focus of The Last Letter From Your Lover is in the past, Ellie’s life continues to march forward in the present. Whether or not this makes the story acceptable will of course vary from viewer to viewer. A loveless marriage with a husband who clearly does not appreciate his wife, and a desperate need to be wanted are both utilized to condone the actions of the couple. The film does its best to justify the actions of the couple in the usual ways. A person is being cheated on, and the romanticization of that is something I’m sure many will not enjoy. While the movie does a great job of capturing the couple’s passion and joy at finding each other, at the end of the day, what is happening is still an affair. As the affair plays out, viewers are shown the path that the lovers’ story takes from their first accidental meeting to their seemingly final fate. As Ellie discovers letters that give her glimpses into the events of a love affair from the 1960s, the viewer is swept back in time to see the whole story. The Last Letter From Your Lover splits its time between the present as well as the past. If she can summon the courage to take the chances right in front of her. When a trip to the archives room of her office gifts Ellie with a letter from a mysterious love affair decades earlier, as well as a new romantic prospect, Ellie’s life seems poised for big changes. Having recently gotten out of a nearly decade-long relationship, Ellie is struggling with where she wants to take her personal life while she continues to work her job at a newspaper. That letter does turn up for one Ellie Hawthorne ( Jones). Or maybe it appeals to us simply because it helps us excuse going through the motions when we aren’t really happy? After all, maybe that letter will just show up in our lives and make it better. ![]() The thought that the universe will drop something as inconspicuous as a stray love letter into your lap that will go on to change your life has a romance to it. When something comes for the protagonist that is completely out of left field and yet is exactly what they need in that exact moment. There are few staples of fiction as alluring as the timely arrival. But do all stories get happy endings? And if it didn’t the first time, is there the possibility for a second go? When an investigative journalist stumbles upon some old love letters, she soon finds herself obsessed with a decades-old affair that she must learn the ending to. ![]() The Last Letter From Your Lover is a Netflix Original drama starring Felicity Jones.
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