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.

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.

"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