The Notebook
85,406
Romance. Drama
The movie (based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks) follows two young lovers named Allie Hamilton (Rachel McAdams) and Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling), who meet one evening at a carnival in the 40s. But they come from different backgrounds and when World War II breaks out, they are separated. Seven years later, after waiting for Noah for several years after the war, Allie meets a handsome young soldier named Lon. He proposes to her, she ... [+]
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"The movie as a whole is a lovely surprise. Ripe with feeling and lush with physical beauty, it's a love story that swings confidently between age and youth, and (...) avoids every trap along the way." | ||||
"It will have many viewers bucketing tears until they are as dehydrated as Egyptian mummies" | ||||
"Cassavetes isn't much of a director and he never settles on a mood (...) But there's an underlying humanity to his scenes, a sense that movies are made by people for other people" | ||||
"Well worth the risk of diabetic shock for the sake of superb acting that transcends its teary milieu (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)" |
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