The Notebook (2004)
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 155
Fresh: 80 | Rotten: 75
It's hard not to admire its unabashed sentimentality, but The Notebook is too clumsily manipulative to rise above its melodramatic clichés.
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 22
It's hard not to admire its unabashed sentimentality, but The Notebook is too clumsily manipulative to rise above its melodramatic clichés.
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Movie Info
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
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Cast
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Ryan Gosling
Noah -
Rachel McAdams
Allie -
James Garner
Noah Calhoun -
Gena Rowlands
Allie Calhoun -
James Marsden
Lon Hammond -
Kevin Connolly
Fin -
Sam Shepard
Frank Calhoun -
Joan Allen
Anne Hamilton -
David Thornton
John Hamilton -
Obba Babatundé
Band Leader -
Matthew Barry
Dr. Barnwell -
Starletta DuPois
Nurse Esther -
Ed Grady
Harry -
Robert Fraisse
Buyer #1 -
Mark Johnson
Photographer -
Patrick Leonard
Lieutenant Davis -
Scott Ritenour
Lon's Employee -
Hugh A. Robertson
Pastor -
Deborah Hobart
Aunt Kitty -
Rebecca Koon
Aunt Georgia -
Mark Garner
Lon's Employee -
Sherril M. Turner
Linda Jean -
Robert Washington
Elgin -
Traci Dinwiddie
Veronica -
Jonathan Parks Jorda...
Seabrook Boy -
Heather Wahlquist
Sara Tuffington -
Barbara Weetman
Buyer #2 -
Todd Lewis
Reporter -
Geoffrey Knight
Barker -
Eve Kagan
Sarah Lawrence Girl -
Meredith Zealy
Maggie -
Milton Buras
Lon's Employee -
Cullen Moss
Bodee -
Jamie Brown
Martha Shaw -
Tim Ivey
Rower -
Anthony-Michael Q. T...
Nurse Keith -
Renée Amber
Nurse At Counter -
Jennifer Echols
Nurse Selma -
Andrew Schaff
Matthew Jamison III -
Matt Shelly
Seabrook Boy -
Michael D. Fuller
Seabrook Boy -
Leslea Fisher
Seabrook Girl -
Jude Kitchens
Tommy The Ferris Whe... -
Meredith O'Brien
Mrs. Tuffington -
Kweli Leapart
Willa -
Frederick Bingham
Postman -
Daniel Czekalski
Recruitment Officer -
Peter Rosenfeld
Professor -
Bradley D. Capshaw
Injured Soldier -
James Scott Deaton
Injured Soldier -
Stephanie Wheeler
Sarah Lawrence Girl -
Erin Guzowski
Sarah Lawrence Girl -
Chuck Pacheco
Bus Driver -
John A. Cundari
Maitre D' -
Dan Chamblin
Buyer #3 -
Sasha Azevedo
Wife Of Buyer #3 -
Robert Ivey
Dressmaker -
Sandra W. VanNatta
Aunt Jeanette -
Lindy Newton
Heather Lynn -
Sylvia Jefferies
Rosemary -
Elizabeth Bond
Lon's Secretary -
Nancy DeMayo
Mary Allen -
Julianne Keller Lewi...
Davanee -
Madison Wayne Ellis
Noah Jr. -
Riley Novak
Edmond -
Ronald Betts
Male Nurse -
Tim O'Brien
Mr. Tuffington -
James Middleton
Aaron
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All Critics (156) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (80) | Rotten (75) | DVD (32)
The connection between the two narratives is supposed to be a big, heartbreaking surprise, though I figured it out well in advance and spent the interim unfavorably comparing this greatest-generation hanky wringer to the British drama Iris.
Top CriticHow rare to see a film that says there is still a value system out there, that being thoughtful and caring is not uncool.
The movie not only approaches a level of shamelessness you have to see to disbelieve, it does it in a manner that's both inept and crass.
May be one hundred percent sap, but its spirit is anything but cloying, thanks to persuasive performances, most notably from Rachel McAdams.
This is a movie that isn't ashamed to wring each teardrop by any means necessary.
Our resistance is broken down, and the hankies are out.
If you ever want to see a flawless example of a movie which is redeemed from mediocrity solely through the cast, there is hardly a better one than this.
Bland and sentimental, The Notebook is old-fashioned filmmaking aimed at an old-fashioned audience. Kleenex essential.
Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams spark cinematically everlasting magic in a romance that's no tawdry Harlequin hay-roll. "The Notebook" excels most when contemplating love's obligations and responsibilities, that unique balance of fire and calm.
A very engrossing and entertaining sudsy romance with top notch performances.
for someone who loves these sorts of stories, it would be a fantastic movie
I prepared myself for a tearjerker; what I didn't prepare for was an outright gusher.
...one of contemporary cinema's most compelling and flat-out indelible love stories.
A potently rich story about the power of love, The Notebook is heartbreakingly beautiful and achingly real.
Ssomehow Cassavetes pulls it off -- thanks mainly to sensitive performances and pretty Hallmark-card cinematography by Robert Fraisse.
A sentimental film filled with flashbacks and clichés.
A thoughtful, emotionally rich film in which we see that great love, like deep faith, is forged on doubt, trials, and hardships. Only then does it deliver its deepest rewards.
I cannot believe I'm about to recommend a movie as clogged with melodramatic treacle as Nick Cassavetes' adaptation of The Notebook.
... one gets the sense that director Nick Cassevetes and writer Jan Sardi would spray the audience with teargas if they could.
Um romance sensível e emocionante que leva o espectador a se importar com o destino de seus tocantes personagens.
Whether someone can enjoy The Notebook or not depends much of the mood in which the viewers find themselves.
It's an interesting piece of counter programming on New Line's part, the only question is why didn't it go direct to cable?
Two parts idiotic romance, one part offensive melodrama.
A fine tale that will leave romantics everywhere misty eyed.
*There's nothing about The Notebook that isn't either lazy or dismissive of its audience.
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- Nurse Selma: Excuse me. Come on, let's get you ready for bed.
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- Noah: When I see somethin' I like, I gotta... I love it.
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- Noah: Would you stop thinkin' about what everyone wants? Stop thinkin' about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do YOU want?
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- Noah: Well, that's what we do, we fight... You tell me when I am bein' an arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you are a pain in the ass. Which you are, ninety-nine % of the time. I'm not afraid to hurt your feelin's. You have like a two second rebound rate, then you're back doin' the next pain-in-the-ass thing.
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- Noah: It's not about keepin' your promises, and it's not about followin' your heart. It's about security.
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- Noah: So, it's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I wanna do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday.
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