Here we go again; I love romantic comedies, but they’re in a sorry state.”Letters to Juliet” follows the story of Sophie, who goes to Italy with her fiancé but ends up getting involved with an old British woman looking for her long-lost love and her reluctant grandson who is accompanying her on the journey.

Amanda Seyfried plays Sophie, and even though she is a talented actress, Sophie is just sort of boring and vapid. Not even Gael García Bernal, a longtime indie darling who plays Seyfried’s fiancé Victor, adds much to the film.

For starters, they have absolutely no chemistry. When Seyfried and Bernal (spoiler alert, duh) don’t end up together, it’s even less of a surprise here than it is in other romantic comedies.

Frankly, Seyfried and Bernal don’t even appear to like each other in this movie. Bernal plays everything like some kind of crazy Latin lover, whereas Seyfried’s Sophie is just a whiny girl who’s chronically underwhelming. Bernal is so over the top and Seyfried is so under it that it doesn’t even make the slightest sense that they’re characters are together.

Every time you see Bernal you’ll think, “What is he doing in this movie?” (one explanation may be that he worked with Oscar-nominated writer Jose Rivera prior to this film on “The Motorcycle Diaries,” although Rivera’s contribution to this film is rumored to have been limited).

The other ensemble member who brings an air of prestige is Vanessa Redgrave. Redgrave, who plays Claire, the old woman looking for her true love, isn’t exactly bad in this film as much as she is awkward. Redgrave seems confused the whole time, and whether that’s old age or acting nuances I simply didn’t pick up on, I don’t know, but either way she doesn’t help this film.

The best part of the movie may be newcomer Christopher Egan, who as Claire’s grandson Charlie, actually has a spark of chemistry with the otherwise deadly dull Seyfried. Egan plays the crotchety, stuffy, uber-English Charlie well, but frankly, he’s just too dreamy for us to actually believe (again, spoiler alert, huge, duh) that he might not end up with Seyfried in the end.

Like many films today, if you’ve seen the trailer for “Letters to Juliet,” you already know everything. I have seen worse films, but ultimately this is just another boring, clichéd Hollywood romantic comedy.