Nice cast, lovely setting, nice story, but poor writing. Most disappointing is that the heart of the movie, The Letter, is not that compelling. I would also have appreciated a bit more character development particularly Ellen DeGeneres' and Tom Everett Scott's. And why was Kate Capshaw's character so repressed? Did Tom Selleck ever love the wife who bore his children? A promising story that left me feeling flat. It seems like this story has been told better before....