Review: Your Letter tenderly shows the far-reaching power of kindness
After standing up for a bullied girl in her class, Lee So-ri becomes the new target. After enduring intense bullying, both she and the girl she protected decide to transfer schools. So-ri returns to her childhood town, where she lives with her grandmother. The trauma of her former bullying still weighs heavy on her as she attempts to settle in at a new school. Her classmates seem nice enough, and try to reach out, but she finds it hard to come out of her shell, isolating herself and causing her classmates to wonder if she's standoffish or stuck-up. Things start to change when So-ri finds a letter taped beneath her desk. Inside is a map of the school, hand-drawn playing cards featuring the likenesses of various teachers, and a letter welcoming her and giving her some helpful tips about who's who, how to get around campus, that kind of thing. It's the first bit of warmth that seems to get through to So-ri, maybe because it marks the start of a treasure hunt, an activity she a...
