Amazon.com: When you consider that old-fashioned tearjerkers are an endangered species in Hollywood, a movie like The Notebook can be embraced without apology. Yes, it's syrupy sweet and clogged with clichés, and one can only marvel at the irony of Nick Cassavetes directing a weeper that his late father John--whose own films were devoid of saccharine sentiment--would have sneered at. Still, this touchingly impassioned and great-looking adaptation of the popular Nicholas Sparks novel has much to recommend, including appealing young costars (Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams) and appealing old costars (James Garner and Gena Rowlands, the director's mother) playing the same loving couple in (respectively) early 1940s and present-day North Carolina. He was poor, she was rich, and you can guess the rest; decades later, he's unabashedly devoted, and she's drifting into the memory-loss of senile dementia. How their love endured is the story preserved in the titular notebook that he reads to her in their twilight years. The movie's open to ridicule, but as a delicate tearjerker it works just fine. Message in a Bottle and A Walk to Remember were also based on Sparks novels, suggesting a triple-feature that hopeless romantics will cherish. --Jeff Shannon
A Wonderful Addition to My Collection I already had a burned copy of this movie,but I wanted the actual dvd and box.It's a great movie and it's one of my faves =)
Great Movie I really enjoy this movie because it reminds you that two people can love each other over decades
Love story I would whole-heartedly recommend this love-story to anyone who hasn't had a good cry in a long time. It is guaranteed to turn on the old tear-ducts, as well as lift your spirits and inspire you that the romantic purism of monogamous lifetime love can be and is a reality, at least for this young couple, of whom James Garner's character is reading about. Without giving away the plot of the story, James Garner is a very noble and loyal friend to a lady in a nursing home, reading her a story that was hand-written and personal. He never misses an opportunity to pick up where the story let off during her previous session-- sadly, she is suffering from Alzheimer's and it is a challenge for him to keep her interested in the story, although she is surprisingly receptive to it and is amazingly consistent in her following of the storyline. It's like two stories of two couples in one movie! Scotty/Sioux City
Excellent Chick Flick! The Notebook is an excellent chick flick. It is a tear jerker with sweet characters.
The Notebook This is my all time favorite movie! It is one of the best love stories of all times! it makes me cry everytime! The Notebook is one of thoes movies i had to own!
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