The Notebook

4.50
    The Notebook
    2004

    Synopsis

    An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.

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    Cast

    • Ryan GoslingNoah Calhoun
    • Rachel McAdamsAllie Hamilton
    • Gena RowlandsOlder Allie
    • James GarnerDuke
    • Joan AllenAnne Hamilton
    • David ThorntonJohn Hamilton
    • James MarsdenLon Hammond
    • Kevin ConnollyFin
    • Sam ShepardFrank Calhoun
    • Starletta DuPoisNurse Esther

    Recommendations

    • 80

      Dallas Observer

      If you're the sort who enjoys shedding such in darkened theaters, your must-see summer movie has arrived.
    • 75

      Chicago Tribune

      May be corny, but it's also absorbing, sweet and powerfully acted. It's a film about falling in love and looking back on it, and it avoids many of the genre's syrupy dangers.
    • 63

      ReelViews

      Sadly, the elements that made the book special did not survive the transition to the screen.
    • 60

      Variety

      A determined and often affecting romance that doesn't speak down to audiences.
    • 60

      Village Voice

      Amid the sticky-sweet swamp of Jeremy Leven's script, Rowlands and Garner emerge spotless and beatific, lending a magnanimous credibility to their scenes together. These two old pros slice cleanly through the thicket of sap-weeping dialogue and contrivance, locating the terror and desolation wrought by the cruel betrayals of a failing mind.
    • 58

      Entertainment Weekly

      You know what you want to see if you want to see The Notebook...You want to see girls in pretty 1940s dresses, soldiers in stirring World War II uniforms, handsome automobiles and equally handsome Southern landscapes. You want to see romance overcome adversity.
    • 40

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Mercilessly plodding pacing, problematic character motivations and a fundamental lack of chemistry between the two star-crossed lovers in question don't do a lot to help its cause.
    • 40

      The A.V. Club

      Opening shots tend to say a lot about a movie, but they say everything about The Notebook, a glossy adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' four-hanky sudser.

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