
In a nursing home, resident Duke reads a romance story to an old woman who has senile dementia with memory loss. In the late 1930s, wealthy seventeen year-old Allie Hamilton is spending summer vacation in Seabrook. Local worker Noah Calhoun meets Allie at a carnival and they soon fall in love with each other. One day, Noah brings Allie to an ancient house that he dreams of buying and restoring and they attempt to make love but get interrupted by their friend. Allie's parents ... (Full plot summary below)
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In a nursing home, resident Duke reads a romance story to an old woman who has senile dementia with memory loss. In the late 1930s, wealthy seventeen year-old Allie Hamilton is spending summer vacation in Seabrook. Local worker Noah Calhoun meets Allie at a carnival and they soon fall in love with each other. One day, Noah brings Allie to an ancient house that he dreams of buying and restoring and they attempt to make love but get interrupted by their friend. Allie's parents do not approve of their romance since Noah belongs to another social class, and they move to New York with her. Noah writes 365 letters (A Year) to Allie, but her mother Anne Hamilton does not deliver them to her daughter. Three years later, the United States joins the World War II and Noah and his best friend Fin enlist in the army, and Allie works as an army nurse. She meets injured soldier Lon Hammond in the hospital. After the war, they meet each other again going on dates and then, Lon, who is wealthy and handsome, proposes. Meanwhile Noah buys and restores the old house and many people want to buy it. When Allie accidentally sees the photo of Noah and his house in a newspaper, she feels divided between her first love and her commitment with Lon. Meanwhile Duke stops reading to the old lady since his children are visiting him in the nursing home.
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| Reno Gazette-JournalForrest HartmanA fine tale that will leave romantics everywhere misty eyed. |
| Blunt ReviewEmily BluntThe Notebook is one of the most romantic movies of our generation! Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling are positively electric...READ ON-> |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martin*There's nothing about The Notebook that isn't either lazy or dismissive of its audience. |
| Supercala.comJohn VenableA simple and incredibly romantic film that will thrill its target audience; women. |
| EDGE BostonDavid Foucher"The Notebook" is a story for those who believe that love is the most powerful force in the universe... or for those who merely want to. |
| Boulder WeeklyThomas DelapaIf you're looking for an adventure in summer camp, pencil in The Notebook. |
| Decent Films GuideSteven D. GreydanusSee Noah and Allie lie in a darkened intersection, scrambling for safety when a car comes! See Allie on the porch wrapped in a sheet enjoying post-coital nude oil painting! |
| El antepenúltimo mohicanoEmilio LunaA story about true love that makes you cry, the kind you don't forget. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| Houston ChronicleAmy BiancolliThe Notebook is a weepie of the most artificial and insistent variety, the kind that holds viewers hostage and expects them to pay in body fluids. Will it jerk your tears? Maybe. Or maybe you'll just feel jerked around. |
| Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)Mark ColletteOne of those films you want to like and want to keep watching because it looks so pretty. |