Synopsis
A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
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Cast
- Michelle MonaghanAmanda Collier
- James MarsdenDawson Cole
- Luke BraceyYounger Dawson Cole
- Liana LiberatoYoung Amanda Collier
- Gerald McRaneyTuck Hostetler
- Caroline GoodallEvelyn
- Clarke PetersMorgan Dupree
- Sebastian ArcelusFrank Reynolds
- Jon TenneyHarvey Collier
- Sean BridgersTommy Cole
Recommendations
- 63
Chicago Sun-Times
The Best of Me was a better film than I expected. Much of that is due to the performances delivered by Marsden, Monaghan, Liana Liberato and especially young Australian actor Luke Bracey as the younger version of Marsden’s character. - 50
New York Post
Like the artificially sweetened junk food it is, this all goes down pretty easily. - 42
The A.V. Club
The Best Of Me is neither the best Sparks adaptation, nor the worst; it’s merely the most recent. - 38
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
The Best of Me plays like the worst of Nicholas Sparks. - 30
TheWrap
The bad news is that no matter how charming or fizzy the chemistry between the actors might be, they're still trapped in the dead, fake melodrama and brainless coincidences of a Nicholas Sparks story. - 30
Arizona Republic
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be swept away — about as much as you would be by artificial roses. Movies like this may look like the real thing, but they're not. - 25
San Francisco Chronicle
The film is an improvement on previous Sparks moody-doomed-love opuses such as “The Last Song” and “Dear John.” If that is damning with faint praise, the cogs here are the same as in his previous love machines - 25
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Sparks would be delighted if this movie were compared to his other story about reunited lovers, but compared to “The Notebook,” The Best of Me is the coffee-stained outline of a sales pitch for sleeping pills.
