Storyline
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
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Cast
Rachel McAdams, James Marsden, Matthew Barry, Ryan Gosling, Sam Shepard, Peter Rosenfeld, Joan Allen, Mark Garner, Chuck Pacheco, Kevin Connolly, Sylvia Jefferies, Obba Babatundé, Mark Johnson, Gena Rowlands, James Garner, David Thornton, Starletta DuPois, Ed Grady, Jennifer Echols, Heather Wahlquist, Jonathan Parks Jordan, Cullen Moss, Traci Dinwiddie, James Middleton, Todd Lewis, Robert Fraisse, Barbara Weetman, Jamie Anne Allman, Rebecca Koon, Deborah Hobart, Scott Ritenour, Milton Buras, Elizabeth Bond, Nancy De Mayo, David Abrams, Taylor Engel, Bob Forrest, Paul Johansson, Bruce Williamson
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Reviews
80
Dallas Observer
If you're the sort who enjoys shedding such in darkened theaters, your must-see summer movie has arrived.
75
Chicago Tribune
May be corny, but it's also absorbing, sweet and powerfully acted. It's a film about falling in love and looking back on it, and it avoids many of the genre's syrupy dangers.
63
ReelViews
Sadly, the elements that made the book special did not survive the transition to the screen.
60
Variety
A determined and often affecting romance that doesn't speak down to audiences.
60
Village Voice
Amid the sticky-sweet swamp of Jeremy Leven's script, Rowlands and Garner emerge spotless and beatific, lending a magnanimous credibility to their scenes together. These two old pros slice cleanly through the thicket of sap-weeping dialogue and contrivance, locating the terror and desolation wrought by the cruel betrayals of a failing mind.
