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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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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. Oct 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. Oct 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. Oct 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
By the standards of other Sparks productions, this is buoyed up well enough by the cast to float along, and everyone's making the best of a fairly blah job. Oct 17, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
By the standards of other Sparks productions, this is buoyed up well enough by the cast to float along, and everyone's making the best of a fairly blah job.
Tim Robey
At a certain point ... the coincidences and tragic incidents start to pile up at a startling rate and nothing can be taken seriously. Oct 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. Oct 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
Predictable. [Full review in Spanish] Jul 17, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Predictable. [Full review in Spanish]
Sergio F. Pinilla
Is it too much to ask for a romantic drama to have a little edge, deeper characterization and less histrionics and ridiculous coincidences? Clearly it is. Mar 1, 2019 | Full Review…
Is it too much to ask for a romantic drama to have a little edge, deeper characterization and less histrionics and ridiculous coincidences? Clearly it is.
Paula Fleri-Soler
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. Aug 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] Dec 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. Nov 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.
Josh Terry
The film has a lot of hidden messages like these, which unfortunately get overshadowed by an overdose of mush and superficial love scenes that get massive footage. Nov 10, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The film has a lot of hidden messages like these, which unfortunately get overshadowed by an overdose of mush and superficial love scenes that get massive footage.
Reagan Gavin Rasquinha
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