The Notebook

The Notebook

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The Notebook

Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands, James Garner, Kevin Connolly, James Marsden, Joan Allen

An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to an older, invalid woman whom he regularly visits. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple w...( read more  read more... )ho is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths. Though her memory has faded, his words give her the chance to relive her turbulent youth and the unforgettable love they shared.

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  • October 19, 2009
    I'm not one for soppy romantic movies but this one pulls at the heart strings. An older gentlemen reads a story to an elderly lady in a nursing home. The story is about two teenagers Noah and Allie who meet one summer and fall in love. Allie's parents are well to do and Noah is p...( read more)oor. They fell out and Allie's parents send her away to school and they don't see each other for years. Noah writes to her every day for a year but there is no response. They try to move on with their lives but something draws them back to each other and they pick up where they left off. It reminds me of 'Fried Green Tomatoes', there are good and bad things that happen but it all comes good in the end. Excellent cast and story.
  • October 19, 2009
    Nick Cassavetes still has a long way to go before he reaches the greatness of his parents! This love story is nothing more than an attempt to make the audience cry and in doing so, convince people that it?s an emotional epic when in reality, It?s nothing of the sort. The young ac...( read more)tors are totally unconvincing - Ryan Gosling?s attempts at depicting madness involved nothing more than lowering his eyebrows and growing a beard and Rachel ?Wow, isn?t everything amazing? McAdams?s performance was as over the top as it was bile-inducing. The Notebooks only saving grace was its scenes involving the brilliant James Garner and Gena Rowlands, although it?s safe to say it wasn?t their finest hour either. It was very predictable, totally unconvincing, clichéd to the point where it felt it was spoofing itself and above all totally unsensational. Why is so highly regarded is beyond me, it?s inoffensive enough but totally forgettable.
  • September 20, 2009
    I tried I just couldn't get into it
  • August 9, 2009
    Don't be put off thinking this is just another cheesey chick flick, that would be an unjust insult. This is a very well made film with a great story of true love standing the test of time. The acting, score, cinematography and the 40's theme costumes and sets really show this is ...( read more)a very well produced film. It might be obvious from early on what is going to happen but it doesn't stop the journey being any less fun. If you liked the romance side of Titanic and Pearl Harbour you will like this a lot.
  • July 6, 2009
    I grew up with a father that was sociopathic on his best days and psychopathic the rest of the time. Being at home with him was a miserable, miserable existence. I think God, in his mercy, compensated me by giving me the most wonderful grandparents that ever walked the earth. ...( read more)

    Leonard and Loretta fell in love in high school and ran away to get married in 1943, just before Leonard was drafted into the marine corps at the tail end of WWII. They eventually had six children, the oldest of which was my father. In 1962 I came along as the first of what would eventually be 16 grandchildren. Their farm was my sanctuary whenever my dad went on one of his rampages. I loved it there, never a harsh word, never a hand raised in anger, and as much laughter as your gut could handle. THAT was how a marriage should be, that is what a HOME really is. About five years ago my Grandfather passed away from a stroke. My Grandmother, who was in the early stages of Alzheimer's when he died, followed about three years later..At the end she had forgotten all sixteen of us grandkids, she even failed to recognize her six children, but she never stopped looking for my grandpa. Right up to the end. In fact, I'm pretty sure the last word she ever spoke was "Leonard", I know it was the last word I ever heard her say aloud.

    The Notebook, in all it's sappy glory, took me back to that farm, if only for an hour or two, and reminded me that happily ever after isn't always just in storybooks and screenplays - its elusive, its rare and its possible.
  • November 14, 2009
    never really watched properly
  • November 14, 2009
    nice movie bt sadddddd
  • November 14, 2009
    I have never seen it.
  • November 14, 2009
    MY ALL TIME FAVORITE. STILL BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES
  • November 14, 2009
    This is the best love story ever told!!!

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