Wow! Such a good movie.

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

So much average

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

You know what to expect before going into this: a star-crossed romance for lovers from different worlds, kisses in the rain, flashbacks, moonlight swims, fateful separations and the tragic death of at least one leading character.The scenery along the way is beautiful though and I enjoyed both the leads James Marsden & Michelle Monaghan but the story is pretty bland and I would say this in one of the weaker Nicholas sparks adaptions.It follows Amanda and Dawson, soul mates who met as teens, joining them decades later after they are torn apart by circumstances beyond their control. They of course have never forgotten each other and get a second chance when the passing of an old friend sees them "willed" back to his house to fulfill his final wishes. As they get reacquainted we flashback to them as teens, which was strangely done . It was meant to be 1993 but for some reason the director had it in his head to make it appear like the 1950's, with flouncy poodle skirts, drive ins and just a general feel. Honestly I won't remember this in about weeks time.

Nice movie, although the end should not be like this. Simply such a beautiful film should end in the best possible way. Is not it a clear need for beautiful love stories to end constantly with a catastrophe, death? Why all this? My recommendation to everyone to watch a movie, it's really worth spending 2 hours. Regardless of the end, this is a great screening of the book by Nikolas Sparks. Although such a strong love deserves its triumph and although we did not have the opportunity to see it, I must give the film a high score. Without a doubt, this was worth every second.8/10

My wife and I started to watch this twice before and each time stopped in the middle because it wasn't catching our interest. Tonight we decided to try one last time. We committed to watching the whole movie and finally did. And we agree this is a lousy movie.I haven't read the book but usually when I see a movie I like I can't wait to read the book. After seeing this movie I have no interest in reading anything written By Nicholas Sparks.And this is just some extra text to meet the ten line requirement of this site.

Nicolas Sparks novels have some devout fans but I doubt even the most ardent ones would say this is a successful translation of the story.Dawson Cole (James Marsden) is an offshore oil rig worker. Amanda (Michelle Monaghan) is unhappily married with a young son. In 1992 when both were teenagers from different sides of the social divide both became star crossed lovers. At the time young Dawson who was estranged from his backwoods drug dealing family was kind of adopted by Tuck (Gerald McRaney.) A tragic incident tore the young couple apart. Now 21 years later, Tuck's death means they come together for his funeral and both discover that they still carry a torch for one another.Like The Notebook there are parallel stories in two time streams. Confusion will arise because the younger actors look nothing like the older versions. It is like watching a different film. To yearn for the days when a film such as A League of Their Own went out of its way to cast actors that looked like their younger counterparts.The other confusing aspects is that 1992 in this film seems to look much like 1962. It is like that the film-makers wanted to evoke some other time period or maybe this small town was definitely stuck behind the times with old cars just like Cuba.The film wants to be a slushy romance between two people destined to be with each other. In the intervening two decades they have had problems moving on from their feeling for each other which actually sounds a little creepy.Of course ghosts of the past drum up conflict and as the film neared the end even my wife piped up by saying this would be a really lame film if x,y & z happened as a twist.Well what more could be said than the uninspired and lazy does take place. Sometimes a film deserves the label. Lame.