The Notebook

2004 • 123 minutes

About this movie

Directed by Nick Cassavetes, this adaptation of author Nicholas Sparks' bestselling novel revolves around Noah Calhoun's (James Garner) regular visits to a female patron (Gena Rowlands) of an area nursing home. Rather than bore her with the inanities of everyday life, Calhoun reads from an old, faded notebook containing the sweeping account of a young couple (Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams) whose love affair was tragically put to a halt after their separation in the midst of World War II. Seven years later, the couple was reunited, and, despite having taken radically different paths, they found themselves unable to resist the call of a second chance. The Notebook also features Joan Allen, Sam Shepard, and Kevin Connolly.

Ratings and reviews

This is one of the sappiest movies I have ever seen, and I love it. The tangled love story of these two young people is one of the greatest I've ever seen. If you like this I STRONGLY recommend Notting Hill, it is under the comedy section but I think that was a mistake on google's part. But this is totally worth $1.99.

Like other people have said nothing can amount to this movie the first time I watched it was with my cousin he introduced it to me and we were both crying even his dad crys everytime we watch it this would be a great first date movie you will definitely have the girl in your lap

If you've never seen The Notebook, you might think its just a sappy, cliche, chick-flick. That's what I thought before I saw it.... I can now honestly say that it is the best movie I've ever seen.