Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Amanda SeyfriedSavannah Lynn Curtis
- Channing TatumJohn Tyree
- Richard JenkinsMr. Tyree
- Henry ThomasTim Wheddon
- D.J. CotronaNoodles
- Cullen MossRooster
- Gavin McCulleyStarks
- Jose Lucena Jr.Berry
- Keith D. RobinsonCaptain Stone
- Scott PorterRandy
- 63
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fulfills its mission, which is to be a crowd-pleasing tearjerker. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
The film, while heartfelt and directed by multiple-Oscar nominee Lasse Hallstrom, is dramatically stillborn. - 50
Variety
Ultimately, the story feels as if it's killing time before throwing the next hurdle at the couple. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
Dear John exists only to coddle the sentiments of undemanding dreamers, and plunge us into a world where the only evil is the interruption of the good. - 50
Chicago Tribune
I truly wish Dear John were a better, less shamelessly manipulative movie, but a couple of the actors got me through it alive. One is Amanda Seyfried. - 50
Philadelphia Inquirer
The film has two curious subplots and supporting performances that feel tacked on rather than organically part of it. - 40
Arizona Republic
Awash in mawkish sentimentality, Dear John still will move you deeply - if you're a 12-year-old girl. - 40
Chicago Reader
This terminally sappy romance delivers heartache, sacrifice, a make-out scene in the pouring rain, and not one but two autistic characters.