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The Notebook (New Line Platinum Series)
List Price: $27.95 Our Price: $19.57
DVD - 08 February, 2005
New Line Home Entertainment
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
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Director: Nick Cassavetes
Cast: Gena Rowlands, James Garner, Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams
Number of Media: 2
Features: - Color
- Closed-captioned
- Widescreen
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| DVD Description When you consider that old-fashioned tearjerkers are an endangered species in Hollywood, a movie like The Notebook can be embraced without apology. Yes, it's syrupy sweet and clogged with clichés, and one can only marvel at the irony of Nick Cassavetes directing a weeper that his late father John--whose own films were devoid of saccharine sentiment--would have sneered at. Still, this touchingly impassioned and great-looking adaptation of the popular Nicholas Sparks novel has much to recommend, including appealing young costars (Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams) and appealing old costars (James Garner and Gena Rowlands, the director's mother) playing the same loving couple in (respectively) early 1940s and present-day North Carolina. He was poor, she was rich, and you can guess the rest; decades later, he's unabashedly devoted, and she's drifting into the memory-loss of senile dementia. How their love endured is the story preserved in the titular notebook that he reads to her in their twilight years. The movie's open to ridicule, but as a delicate tearjerker it works just fine. Message in a Bottle and A Walk to Remember were also based on Sparks novels, suggesting a triple-feature that hopeless romantics will cherish. --Jeff Shannon |
| Reviews from Customers
great movie Loved the movie. People are too critical. Take it for what it is a wonderful, suspenful love story! The actors are great!
"The Notebook" tells a poignant tale...... Not being a huge connoisseur of love stories, I went into this movie with a little trepidation.
"The Notebook", simply put, is a great film. It's got fantastic performances by all the characters, especially the leads (Ryan Gosling & Rachel McAdams). It's beautifully shot, well directed, has an engaging story, and flows nicely. I don't want to give the whole story away, but if your in the mood for a movie to "move" you, try giving this little film a chance.
If you've got a special someone, watch it together. If you don't, I would suggest watching it anyway. I had heard this movie was incredibly sad, but I found it to be just the opposite. The movie delivers a powerful message and definitely invokes the classic "love conquers all" theme.
"The Notebook" is based on the book by Nicholas Sparks, and after seeing this movie and previously seeing "A Walk to Remember", it really makes me want to read one of his books.
"The Notebook" is a meaningful and very positive film, and I was glad I gave it the chance it so richly deserves.
Why Aren't There More Movies Like This...? Not your typical chick flick. All of my friends warned me,
"You'll cry your eyes out," or, "You'll be a mess for days."
Not so. I didn't shed one tear, but thoroughly enjoyed the movie.
I wish that romantic movies could be more like this--sweet, but not sickening. The lead actors are convincing and enjoyable.
James Garner is incredible and STILL looks good.
A good Sunday afternoon time killer. |
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