tangreat-bk Nothing new...... you would have seen this story a hundred times. But what elevates this movie from others in the genre is the performances by Ryan Gosling and Rachel Mcadams . You truly believe they are in love. That's why the part of the movie set during the 1940s works. What doesn't work is the modern day story set in a hospital. It just feels distracting , butting in the middle. All the time you're just itching to get back to the story in 1940s. It also leads to a long drawn ending where you wish they had ended the movie long before.The notebook maybe overly sentimental and manipulative for some. But it is not cynical in it's portrayal of romance. It truly believes in the story it tells.

cdavisart The only thing worth watching is Gosling with his shirt off, but only with the sound off. Chick Flick of the worst kind.

clifto-18832 "The Notebook" (2004) is a great love story about Noah, Ryan Gosling and Allie, Rachel McAdams based off of the famous novel written by Nicholas Sparks. The film is the story of how Noah and Allie met and their lives together being read later in life out of journal by Noah to Allie while she is suffering from Alzheimer's. This story is your normal cliché love story that everyone loves. The guy chasing after a girl, her parents not approving and in the end the two of them fall in love and live a happy life. In the beginning Allie meets Noah at a local carnival. Noah spends most of his time throughout the film trying to convince Allie to fall in love with him and convince her parents that he is good enough for her, although he is a boy from the other side of town. Quickly, Allie falls into him and their story continues despite her parent's approval. Allie's mother is the one who causes much of the problems in this film. She sets them up to begin fighting in many different way and eventually to stop talking all together while Allie moves away for school. While she is away Noah continues to love her, and try his best to contact her throughout many years apart. He builds their dream home and goes out of his way to make sure that they could rekindle the fire that was once there. A few years later, Allie and Noah run into each other and it all unravels. Everything that Noah had done, all of the letters that you later find out Allies mother had been hiding. They fall in love all over again until the day that they are sitting there while Noah is reading to Allie while she doesn't remember. The movie closes with the two of them having the ends of their lives together just like it always should have been. So, in conclusion while wanting to watch this movie, expect it to be your average Nicholas Sparkes film just like these others; safe heaven, the longest ride and the best of me etc.

foodie03 This film is touching. Actually, I don't like love stories, but this film is so great that I was blown away. In the beginning, this film goes on by reading a story for a woman. The story itself is a rich girl and a normal guy who fall in love with each other like Romeo and Juliet story. Her parents are against their marriage, however their true love is the most moving part of this film. Noah loves Alie from the bottom of his heart so that he builds a house for her and writes 365 letters. The story is a typical love story, but I was attracted by the pure love between them. We don't know whether Alie chooses Noah or her lover until the final scene, and the development of the story is more interesting than normal love stories. That plot is one of points to make this typical love story elaborated. Other than that, scenery in this film are so beautiful. The ending is so dramatic and wonderful.