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The Notebook (7/10)

March 2nd, 2005

If you like romantic, sappy, sad movies, then The Notebook is for you. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, but if you don’t like those kind of movies, then you should steer clear of this movie. The Notebook is a story about an old man (James Garner) that reads a love story out of a notebook to an old woman (Gena Rowlands) in a nursing home. The story he reads her is about the enduring love between a boy named Noah (Ryan Gosling) and girl named Allie (Rachel McAdams).

This movie was really good and definitely tugs at the heart strings - especially at the end. I thought the chemistry between Gosling and McAdams was really good, but wasn’t that impressed by McAdams acting. The story and idea of the way the movie unfolded was ambitious, but very well executed. I also thought the script had some dialogue that didn’t fit for the period that Noah and Allie’s story was set in. I was really impressed with Gosling in this movie and also recently saw him in Murder by Numbers. He seems to be a good change of pace for leading male roles, so I’ll be interested to see how he does in future films.

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