A movie with a slant so conservative the Tea Party people will love it.
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02/09/10
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Dear John (2010)
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Reviews Counted:88
Fresh:26
Rotten:62
Average Rating:4.4/10
Consensus: Built from many of the same ingredients as other Nicholas Sparks tearjerkers, Dear John suffers from its cliched framework, as well as Lasse Hallstrom's curiously detached directing.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Feb 5, 2010 Wide
Box Office: $30,468,614
Synopsis: Director Lasse Hallstrom and screenwriter Jamie Lindon collaborate to adapt author Nicolas Sparks's novel about a young soldier who falls for an idealistic college girl. Savannah Curtis (Amanda... [More]
Starring: Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Richard Jenkins, Henry Thomas
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
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Reviews for Dear John
I just did not get pulled in.
02/08/10
Top CriticComparing "Dear John" to "The Notebook" is like comparing hot and cold. One set the box office on fire, while the other will have viewers wondering why.
02/08/10
It will more than satisfy those with a predilection for old fashioned romance but cynics are warned to keep clear or be prepared to shut up and hand some Kleenex to their cow eyed better halves.
02/08/10
By act three, this sentimental twaddle bounces all over the place trying to find a center. It never does. If you think that's overwritten, wait until you see the movie.
02/07/10
In the film, John says he compares himself to the fine pressing of a coin. It's a sad state of affairs when you have to compare yourself to a collectible coin to express your individuality.
02/07/10
The Notebook, this ain't. Dear John starts off promisingly, then falls to pieces by the second act, devolving into saccharine tear-jerking schmaltz.
02/06/10
I'm as shocked as you are, but 'Dear John' isn't awful, until a plot twist makes you simply stop caring.
02/06/10
Sudsy and syrupy, too often crossing the thin, star-crossed line between sentimentality and schmaltzy.
02/06/10
Dear John can't elevate itself from the same, repetitive Sparks cycle.
02/05/10
When movie mechanics wedge into their romance, we check out. But there's enough love in this love story to make us feel for a son and his father and their attempts to connect
02/05/10
Bland, excessively corny, schmaltzy and contrived while lacking any requisite romantic chemistry. It cannot be saved by picturesque scenery and attractive leads alone.
02/05/10
[T]he lack of chemistry between Tatum and Seyfried is something of a scientific mystery. She's appealing enough... But Tatum is a blank, an empty six-pack shell...
02/05/10
Even as weepy, "Dear John" fall short of turning on the waterworks.
02/05/10
Despite the story running out of gas and a hokey tacked-on ending, women of all ages constituting the intended target audience could not ask for a better alternative to the Super Bowl. Guys should strongly consider this movie for a romantic date night out
02/05/10
The twists turn syrupy, but are elevated by a cast that throws itself heart and soul into the proceedings.
02/05/10
Dear John isn’t so much old-fashioned as it is clichéd.
02/05/10
Dear John carefully distills selected elements of human experience and reduces them to a sweet and digestible syrup. It may not be strong medicine, but it delivers an effective, pleasing dose of pure sentiment and vicarious heartache.
02/05/10
Top CriticGiven the comely and talented leads, it’s disappointing how little carnal or emotional heat is actually generated.
02/05/10
You will believe in their characters and their emotion, to the point where their love scenes might leave you feeling like a bit of a voyeur. We mean that in the best way.
02/05/10
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February 07, 2010:
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February 04, 2010:
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February 01, 2010:
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