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The Notebook, 2004

The Notebook

English

USA, Portugal

Rating:8.0
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Profile of The Notebook

The Notebook can be described as bittersweet, emotional, and sentimental. The plot revolves around lovers reunited, young lovers, and social differences. The main genres are drama, romance, and period. In terms of style, The Notebook is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is located in South Carolina. The Notebook takes place during World War 2 and in the 1990s. It is based on a book. The movie has received attention for being an award winner. The Notebook is well suited for a girls' night and a date night. Note that it involves sexual content.

Summary of The Notebook

Based on the celebrated novel by Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook tells the story of a young couple who overcome insurmountable odds to experience the true power of love. In a modern-day nursing home, a kindhearted man (James Garner) reads a tender story to another patient (Gena Rowlands). The story begins during one glorious summer in small-town South Carolina in the early 1940s. Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) is a blue-collar log-mill worker who courts the wealthy and sheltered Allie Nelson (Rachel McAdams). Before long, sparks are flying and the pair is in love. But eventually Allie's snobby parents force their separation, and when World War II arrives, Noah heads overseas to serve his country. In the meantime, Allie becomes a nurse and falls for another man (James Marsden), to Noah's dismay. Nonetheless, he buys and fixes up the mansion he promised Allie he would one day restore, and when he and Allie reunite just before her wedding, their love blossoms once again. Decades later, in the nursing home, the story reaches its heartfelt conclusion. Directed with extreme sensitivity by Nick Cassavetes (son of costar Gena Rowlands), The Notebook is aided immensely by the naturalistic performances of Gosling and McAdams, whose chemistry is palpable.

Details

Language: English
Country: USA, Portugal
Release date: 20 May 2004
Runtime: 123 min

Cast and Crew

Ryan Gosling as Noah Calhoun in The Notebook
Ryan Gosling

as Noah Calhoun

Rachel McAdams as Allie Hamilton in The Notebook
Rachel McAdams

as Allie Hamilton

Photos

Rachel McAdams as Allie in The Notebook (2004)
Rachel McAdams as Allie in The Notebook (2004)
Gena Rowlands as Allie in The Notebook (2004)
Gena Rowlands as Allie in The Notebook (2004)
James Garner as Duke in The Notebook (2004)
James Garner as Duke in The Notebook (2004)
James Garner as Duke in The Notebook (2004)
James Garner as Duke in The Notebook (2004)
The Notebook (2004)
The Notebook (2004)
James Marsden as Lou Hammond in The Notebook (2004)
James Marsden as Lou Hammond in The Notebook (2004)

Clips

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Critics Reviews

Chicago Tribune
May be corny, but it's also absorbing, sweet and powerfully acted. It's a film about falling in love and looking back on it, and it avoids many of the genre's syrupy dangers.
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  • by: Michael Wilmington
San Francisco Chronicle
An old-fashioned and occasionally schmaltzy movie that delivers an emotional wallop
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  • by: Ruthe Stein

Users Reviews

One of the most powerful/emotional film I have ever seen.
Definitely a tearjerker.
  • 10.September.2011
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  • by: Guy
  • Guy rated this movie10/10Must See
Good movie
I always tune in to watch this movie when I see it on TV. It's definitely an emotional tearjerker about the love story of Allie (Rachel McAdams) and Noah (Ryan Gosling).
  • 06.June.2011
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  • by: Emily
  • Emily rated this movie8/10Great
Likely to see
Not for me

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