Adapted from the book of the same name by Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook was actually one of those films that had fallen under my radar until I wrote recently about another Sparks novel going into production.
Staring Rachel McAdams as Allie and Ryan Gosling as Noah The Notebook is a simple love story.
The film starts in a nursing home where an elderly man is reading aloud from a notebook to an elderly woman. It turns out this woman is Allie and she has senile dementia. In the notebook is the preserved love story of how Noah and Allie met and we are transported back to the 1940s to see it for ourselves.
Allie is a rich girl who initially thinks Noah, a poor boy, is a bit of an idiot. But he pursues her and eventually they are inseparable. Her parents disapprove and eventually they move away.
Although I wasn't hooked immediately by about twenty minutes into the film I definitely was. Ryan and Rachel give great performances as the lead characters. The film is charming, romantic and has some beautiful scenes. It was also extremely emotional and I was happily blubbering away by the end.
Well recommended. Check out the trailer here.
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