
Logan is a marine serving in Iraq. While there, he finds a photo of a girl with "keep safe" written on the back. He is admiring it when his unit is attacked. He survives and credits the photo for saving him. He tries to find the owner but can't, assuming he was killed. When he goes back to the States, he finds it difficult to adjust and is still haunted by what happened. Analyzing the photo, he finds in the background a landmark that tells him she is in Louisiana. He then goe... (Full plot summary below)
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Logan is a marine serving in Iraq. While there, he finds a photo of a girl with "keep safe" written on the back. He is admiring it when his unit is attacked. He survives and credits the photo for saving him. He tries to find the owner but can't, assuming he was killed. When he goes back to the States, he finds it difficult to adjust and is still haunted by what happened. Analyzing the photo, he finds in the background a landmark that tells him she is in Louisiana. He then goes there and finds her. He learns her name is Beth. He tries to tell her what happened but can't get the words out. She assumes he's there to apply for the job they advertised looking for someone to help at her family's business, a dog kennel. He says yes but at first she gets an uneasy feeling from him but her grandmother decides to give him a chance. It isn't long that he makes a connection with her son. He then discovers that it was her brother who had the picture only he doesn't remember him. He sees that her brother's death has a profound effect on her. Eventually they get close which makes her grandmother happy but not her ex who is a deputy sheriff who's always threatening to take their son away from her.
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| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfI suppose that's what all the lovemaking and partial nudity is for in these films, to distract from the obvious flaws in the writing. |
| E! OnlinePeter ParasToo bad the story lets the young stars down, relying way too much on the villainy of a small-town bully and enough miscommunication for a whole season of Three's Company. |
| ABC Radio BrisbaneMatthew ToomeyMore time needed to be spent exploring these characters as opposed to showing us picturesque landscapes to the backdrop of songs preaching about love and sunshine. |
| Spectrum (St. George, Utah)Bruce BennettIf you are inclined to say, 'they had me at Zac Efron' then the hunky actor and his scene-stealing boxer briefs will likely make any logic in this screenplay superfluous. |
| The Patriot LedgerAl AlexanderHow bad is this Zac attack? Well, let's just say I'm convinced director Scott Hicks opted to render his buff-and-scruffy star the strong, silent type just to keep Efron from opening his mouth. |
| BeliefnetNell MinowDirector Scott Hicks pours enough syrup over this movie to cover all the pancakes IHOP can serve in a month. |
| HitFixGeoff BerkshirePlays like a straight-faced parody of everything you'd expect from a [Nicholas] Sparks adaptation. Or a prototypical version of what people mean when they say they hate 'chick flicks.' |
| OK! MagazinePhil VillarrealIf those guys who make all those Scary Movie-style parodies ever tried to make fun of Nicholas Sparks books, you'd hardly be able to tell their mockeries from the originals. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura Clifford...no amount of technical gloss can extract the sap nor divert from the utter predictability of a Sparks' story. |
| Cinemalogue.comTodd Jorgenson... the latest big-screen Sparks adaptation to place aggressive tear-jerking as a priority over dramatic integrity. |