A soldier's earnest love story unfolds through letters, weathering the melancholy of war and separation.
Romantic. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Paramount+ and YouTube (free).
It stays inside its PG-13, with some innuendo or implied sex and mild language.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 10.
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While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off a pier. John eventually falls in love with Savannah, who promises to write to him until he returns from overseas.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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