The Letter Writer 2011

     Maggy Fuller receives an encouraging letter in the mail but she doesn’t know the person who sent it.  She asks her parents but they don’t know.  She goes to the Post Office and one of the workers sends her to a nearby retirement home.  She meets Sam Worthington, he wrote her the letter even though he doesn’t know her personally.  He has made it his life’s work in his later years to send letters to strangers and also to give notes to strangers.  He once had harsh words with someone who later died.  He can’t say he’s sorry to this person so he reaches out to other people.

     This is a simple and sincere movie about a troubled teen girl.  Her parents are divorced and her mom works hard as a waitress.  Maggy only cares about her boyfriend and their band.  Through Sam and the other residents of the retirement home, she begins to expand her world.  She realizes the person she is and the people who care about her are more important.  3 1/2* (I liked this movie)  

85 min, TV Movie directed by Christian Vuissa with Aley Underwood, Bernie Diamond, Pam Eichner, Stella McComas, Kylee Thurman, James Gaisford, Nicholas Neve, Curt Doussett, Tonia Freeman Doussett.

Note:  Imdb 7.1 out of 10, 64% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.8* out of 5* with 148 reviews.

Special Note:  This movie was filmed in just 17 days of shooting by a crew of fifteen people.  Aley and Pam also played daughter/mother in the film One Good Man.