Dear John

Dear John (2010)

  • 28% of critics liked it
    (134 reviews)

  • 66% of users liked it
    (543,767 ratings)

Director Lasse Hallström and screenwriter Jamie Linden collaborate to adapt author Nicholas Sparks' novel about a young soldier who falls for an idealistic college girl. Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried) was on spring break when she first met John Tyree (Channing Tatum), who was home on temporary… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 49 min.
Directed By
Lasse Hallström
Written By
Jamie Linden
Genres
Drama, Romance
In Theaters
Feb 5, 2010 Wide
On DVD
May 25, 2010
Screen Gems/SONY PICTURES

Critic Reviews

  • Christine Champ, Film.com

    It's like a bad soap opera.

  • Ian Buckwalter, NPR

    What starts as a charming anachronism %u2014 pens, paper and the postal service in an impersonal digital age %u2014 becomes tedious as Hallstrom is reduced to interminable, repetitive montages covering the many months that the pair are apart.

  • Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

    Halfway through the movie, I decided a better title for this weepie contraption would be The Hurt Letter. Tatum is stolid and semi-expressive, Seyfried widens her eyes to saucer-size.

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    Indecently exploits 9/11 and throws in autism and canver for unscrupulous measure.

  • Michael Phillips, At the Movies

    I just did not get pulled in.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Red L


    I'm a sucker for stories involving distressed love. So I enjoyed the movie, but I do agree that the movie is a big cliche - and it seems a good part of the movie is John or Savannah reading letters before the inevitable Dear John letter. I was impressed by Richard Jenkin's… More

  • Coxxie M


    i was mildly entertained by the Notebook 2: the 3-Ring Binder.

  • Brad W


    Oh how this sucked.... Plot was just for teen girls who want a good chick flick. Performances sucked, I mean come on Channing? Overall it was a bad movie, mostly because they try so hard to make the THE NOTEBOOK 2.

  • Bethany M


    One of the best romantic films ever made! Also one of my all time favourite films. Although, the ending is really dissapointing.

  • Cynthia S


    Ooooooh nice movie!! This was a sweet love story with U-turns in the lives of the main characters that conclude in a very nice ending. Sadness abounds, but true love wins out in the end. No violence, foul language or trash in this one---just a charming love story

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