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At nine films and counting, the line between Nicholas Sparks film fans and detractors is clear, and The Best of Me will change few minds on either side of the divide.
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All Critics (81) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (72)
There's something heavy-handed, even for Sparks, in the telling of the couple's story, particularly when it comes to Dawson's family: they are leering, brutal embodiments of evil who function as handy plot devices. October 29, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
There's something heavy-handed, even for Sparks, in the telling of the couple's story, particularly when it comes to Dawson's family: they are leering, brutal embodiments of evil who function as handy plot devices.
Philippa Hawker
The melodrama feels so hurried and half-baked that the end result isn't just disappointing. It's borderline infuriating. October 17, 2014 | Full Review…
The melodrama feels so hurried and half-baked that the end result isn't just disappointing. It's borderline infuriating.
Bilge Ebiri
The sunlight is golden, the accent's rural (this one's set in Louisiana), people die, sagacious letters are read aloud. October 17, 2014 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
The sunlight is golden, the accent's rural (this one's set in Louisiana), people die, sagacious letters are read aloud.
Liam Lacey
At a certain point ... the coincidences and tragic incidents start to pile up at a startling rate and nothing can be taken seriously. October 17, 2014 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
At a certain point ... the coincidences and tragic incidents start to pile up at a startling rate and nothing can be taken seriously.
Susan Wloszczyna
For all of the eventfulness it jams into a (poorly edited) two-hour package, The Best Of Me ends up extracting the best of absolutely no one. October 17, 2014 | Rating: D | Full Review…
For all of the eventfulness it jams into a (poorly edited) two-hour package, The Best Of Me ends up extracting the best of absolutely no one.
Jason Clark
As a drama, it fails, but the camp value is high, making it more fun than your average would-be weeper. It's silly, but at least it's not a slog. October 17, 2014 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
As a drama, it fails, but the camp value is high, making it more fun than your average would-be weeper. It's silly, but at least it's not a slog.
Adam Graham
It's achieving exactly what it set out to accomplish...but also it's very bad March 26, 2020 | Rating: 6.5/10 | Full Review…
It's achieving exactly what it set out to accomplish...but also it's very bad
Avaryl Halley
The waterworks will flow with The Best of Me. The best Nicholas Sparks adaptation to date. December 14, 2019 | Full Review…
The waterworks will flow with The Best of Me. The best Nicholas Sparks adaptation to date.
Debbie Lynn Elias
Predictable. [Full review in Spanish] July 17, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Predictable. [Full review in Spanish]
Sergio F. Pinilla
There isn't anything breathtaking about it and a lot of it feels like we're following the same beaten path, but James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan seem to make the best of their cheesy lines and talk about destiny. August 14, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
There isn't anything breathtaking about it and a lot of it feels like we're following the same beaten path, but James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan seem to make the best of their cheesy lines and talk about destiny.
Mae Abdulbaki
Regardless of the improbabilities that the plot will pose... there is a problem in the casting. [Full review in Spanish] December 4, 2017 | Full Review…
Regardless of the improbabilities that the plot will pose... there is a problem in the casting. [Full review in Spanish]
Pablo O. Scholz
Anyone who hides behind the "chick flick" defense on this one is kidding themselves. The Best of Me is a contrived manipulation and an insult to female sensibilities. November 28, 2017 | Full Review…
Anyone who hides behind the "chick flick" defense on this one is kidding themselves. The Best of Me is a contrived manipulation and an insult to female sensibilities.
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