Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 132
Fresh: 40 | Rotten: 92
Derivative and schmaltzy, Nicholas Sparks' Nights in Rodanthe is strongly mottled by contrivances that even the charisma of stars Diane Lane and Richard Gere can't repair.
Average Rating: 4.4/10
Critic Reviews: 30
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 23
Derivative and schmaltzy, Nicholas Sparks' Nights in Rodanthe is strongly mottled by contrivances that even the charisma of stars Diane Lane and Richard Gere can't repair.
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Adapted from author Nicholas Sparks' popular romance novel, director George C. Wolfe's Nights in Rodanthe tells the tale of a doctor (Richard Gere) en route to reconcile with his estranged son when his benevolent mission is sidelined upon checking into a North Carolina beach-town inn. When the doctor arrives at the inn, he enters into a passionate affair with an unhappily married woman (Diane Lane) who is currently considering divorce. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Richard Gere
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Diane Lane
Adrienne Willis -
Christopher Meloni
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Viola Davis
Jean -
Becky Ann Baker
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Scott Glenn
Robert Torrelson -
Linda Molloy
Jill Torrelson -
Pablo Schreiber
Charlie Torrelson -
Mae Whitman
Amanda -
Charlie Tahan
Danny -
Carolyn McCormick
Jenny -
Ted Manson
Old Gus -
Ato Essandoh
Jean's Lover -
Terri Johnson
Medical Resident -
Jessica Lucas
Admiring Nurse -
Marisela Ramirez
Ecuadorian Patient -
Kimberly Sauls
Pregnant Woman -
Irene Ziegler
Real Estate Woman -
Dihedry Aguilar
Bus Passenger -
William D. Hooper
Fisherman -
Hal Scarborough
Ferry Boat Captain -
Candy Dennis
Ferry Woman -
Gail Lane
Ferry Woman -
Chookie Ramsey
Ferry Woman -
Betsy Duke
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Something about Diane Lane's performance, especially in that third act, really got me involved in the film emotionally.
Top CriticMost of the movie was cloying. All of it was predictable.
The comparative savvy that Wolfe showed in HBO's stage-to-TV transfer of Lackawanna Blues has gone missing.
Broadway director George C Wolfe's inexperience with visual storytelling makes everything go with a clunk. Shame.
Richard Gere suffers less than Diane Lane. He gets by with a mixture of skill and self-irony. She acts up a storm in every scene, but you root for the hurricane.
What really sells this three-hanky tear-jerker -- and there were a lot of women buying it during a recent screening -- is Lane's steely and vulnerable performance. Like Tinker Bell, she almost made me believe in fairies. Almost.
So nondescript that its anonymity becomes its very personality.
...the film ultimately earns a place for itself within the pantheon of effectively stirring romantic tearjerkers.
A movie that looks and sounds a whole lot bigger than it actually is.
While it may be discerned as more a vehicle for the actors' reunion than a creative gem, the contributive factor to its attractiveness is the chemistry of the match.
You could have filmed zombies in a gorgeous 19th century beach house and gotten the same emotional impact.
Extras on the disc include a featurette on the making of the film, a set of alternate scenes with commentary by director George C. Wolfe, and a profile of author Nicholas Sparks.
Even if you are rooting for this film to succeed, you find yourself sitting through the tear-jerking part of the movie without feeling terribly wrapped up in it.
Nights in Rodanthe is the cinematic equivalent of a Harlequin novel with a pack of tissues shoved into the back cover.
...the story gets increasingly passionate, melodramatic, and, finally, maudlin. (Blu-ray Edition)
A sappy chick flick for soap opera fans inclined to sacrifice character development in favor of panoramic seascapes and lingering close-ups of locked lips and loins.
The actors once again work well together, but they should have quit when they were ahead.
Diane Lane and the Tuscan countryside prove to be a more dynamic duo than Diane Lane and the Outer Banks.
Bring tissues.
I will say this about Nights in Rodanthe: spoken Nicholas Sparks is preferable to written Nicholas Sparks.
Strictly for romantic masochists. Enough tears in the final reel to fill a Hollywood producer's swimming pool.
While not for the cynical or hard-of-heart, Nights in Rodanthe is something of a rarity: a film that puts its characters first.
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