The Notebook

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Teenagers Allie and Noah's whirlwind romance is disrupted by her upper-class parents who insist that Noah isn't right for her. When they meet several years later, Allie must choose between Noah or her social class.








An elderly man reads a 1940s love story to a woman in a nursing home. It tells of rich young Allie and poor young Noah, who are forced apart after a summer of passion. Will they be reunited ù and what relevance does their story have to our narrator? Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks.



Following the tradition of Fried Green Tomatoes, this romantic weepy relates a tale in the hope that its modern-day protagonists ù who may well have played a part in the story themselves - will be better for hearing it.

But, on film at least, this story might have been better without its modern-day protagonists, played by James Garner and Gena Rowlands (Cassavetes' mother). Garner's narration smacks of greeting-card sentiment and the Alzheimer's storyline, in which Rowlands' character has lost her memory, is oversimplified.

Thank goodness, then, for the magic created by young stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, whose intense romance is played out with conviction and an infectious joie de vivre. Little in their journey is unexpected: you're waiting for the obstacle (after all, what self-respecting young lady in the 1940s would have been seen without two handsome suitors to compete over her?), and the solution is not hard to spot, either.

But thanks to delightful characters, careful pacing and a stirring score, this film achieves the distinction of being exceptionally moving without anyone major having to die.



If you're prepared to submit to the sentiment, this is a heart-wrenching romance. An uncomplicated, nicely shot tale that ticks all the right boxes for those after a good old-fashioned weepy. One point deducted for the corny narration, though.











Ryan Gosling ...  Noah Calhoun
Tim Ivey ...  Rower
Rachel McAdams ...  Allie Hamilton
Starletta DuPois ...  Nurse Esther
James Garner ...  Duke
Gena Rowlands ...  Allie Calhoun
Sam Shepard ...  Frank Calhoun
Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas ...  Nurse Keith
Joan Allen ...  Anne Hamilton
Ed Grady ...  Harry
Renée Amber ...  Nurse at Counter
James Marsden ...  Lon Hammond Jr.
Jennifer Echols ...  Nurse Selma
Geoffrey Knight ...  Barker
Kevin Connolly ...  Fin



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