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3.0
are, however and alas, only half the love story; theyre the photogenic flashback.
EW
4.4
Now here is a story that could have been a tearjerker, but no, wait, it is a tearjerker, its just that its a good one.
Rogerebert
4.5
She skillfully carries much of the films emotional weight with a free and easy manner.
Variety
1.5
Amid the sticky sweet swamp of Jeremy Levens script, Rowlands and Garner emerge spotless and beatific, lending a near miraculous credibility to their ..
Time Out
4.0
Young Love, Old Story By Desson Thomson Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, June 25, 2004; Page WE34 THE NOTEBOOK may be one hundred percent sap, but ..
3.5
Indeed, it seems as though the genre of heavy handed tearjerker has become as reliable a seasonal bonbon at the multiplex as the disaster picture and ..
4.0
Prod co: Gran Via Productions US dist: New Line Cinema Intl sales: New Line International(1) 310 854 5811 Exec prods: Toby Emmerich, AvramButch Kaplan ..
Screen Daily
3.0
I think it was somewhere in the middle of a rain swept declaration of love that I let out a soft little mew I think you know the kind Im talking about ..
4.5
Against your better judgment, you root for the pair to beat the odds against them.
The New York Times
3.8
But in a summer filled with loud action movies, theres something to be said for a quiet story of enduring love.
San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
An uncomplicated, nicely shot tale that ticks all the right boxes for those after a good old fashioned weepy.
3.0
Occasionally its nice to remember that actual photography is a part of filmmaking.
Cinema Blend
4.0
I really enjoyed this film on its sappy, lovey dovey level and Im not afraid to admit it...
JoBlo
2.5
Even a body that welcomes a sugar fix will repel a sugar invasion.
The Globe And Mail
2.0
Even if you are weak hearted, this one will not scare you for too long.
3.0
This film has a depth of feeling and a cinematic richness that was lacking in two other adaptations of this gifted writers novels: Message in a Bottle ..
Spirituality And Practice
2.0
Cassavetes directs this manipulative flummery with a crushingly heavy hand...Even if you yearn for an old fashioned tearjerker, you should write off T ..
One Guys Opinion
1.5
The minutes of Allie and Noahs magical hysteria tour are duly recorded in the titular ledger cum framing device.
Village Voice
2.5
Watching the young lovers rowing on a duck filled pond is about as exciting as this film ever gets.
Sover
3.1
The best thing that can be said about the movie is that its a worthy antidote to the usual testosterone driven summer fare, but, in its inability to e ..
ReelViews
2.5
Cassavetes film is unusually well acted and lovely to look at, but his wholehearted embrace of saccharine melodrama and tendency to let scenes ramble ..
Tv Guide
3.1
By no stretch of the imagination would I call The Notebook a good movie, but it is a shining example of how great acting can overcome even the worst s ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
1.5
The connection between the two narratives is supposed to be a big, heartbreaking surprise, though I figured it out well in advance and spent the inter ..
Chicago Reader
2.0
The Notebook is a big old fashioned love story with enough bite at its center to keep from being overcome by its marshmallowy coating.
3.8
The end result is one of the weakest movies yet from a seriously uneven filmmaker, and its ultimately difficult not to wonder what drew the stars to s ..
Reel Film Reviews
1.5
Technical Aspects Prakash Kuttys lens beautifully captures the vintage era and its lavishness.
FilmiBeat
1.5
The Notebook is a ghastly piece of oldie slush which is tediously orchestrated by Nick Cassavetes.
The Times
1.5
A honey dipped love story with a surprisingly tart aftertaste, The Notebook is a better than youd expect adaptation of Nicholas Sparkss bestselling no ..
The Times
3.0
Gosling and McAdams sizzle with romantic chemistry, and they give standout performances.
Lariat
3.0
It allows its plot to progress almost entirely without opposition.
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
Tweet The Notebook Jim Lane By This article was published on 06.24.04 Advertisement Two residents at a convalescent hospital (James Garner and Gena Ro ..
News Review
3.0
A shameless tear jerker and as corny as they come, this retro romantic drama skilfully pushes all the right emotional buttons.
Radio Times
1.3
Theres no way to endure the movie without earplugs and a blindfold.
Rolling Stone
3.0
While the sentimentality is pretty oppressive, Cassavetes leaves enough space for the cast members to shine in unhurried, beautifully orchestrated sce ..
Shadows On The Wall
3.0
In short, The Notebook is a decent enough romance in which the performances and direction are good enough to allow you to overlook the flaws in the sc ..
View London
2.5
Cassavetess directing style is slow and stilted ... indicating yet again that his notion of moviemaking is the opposite of everything his father, the ..
Cs Monitor
3.8
The Notebook is unapologetic romantic schmaltz Lifetime meets the Hallmark Hall of Fame well worth the risk of diabetic shock for the sake of superb a ..
New York Post
2.5
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Hindustan Times
2.5
If you have tears to shed, prepare to give them up to these old pros.
Film Journal International ..
1.0
Dentistry in the Renaissance could not have been more painful than watching this.
The Guardian
2.5
Some people may find a movie this maudlin refreshing, especially compared to most of this summers emotionally deprived fare.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.1
Whenever the kids are on the screen, you keep wishing that theyd send the grown ups back in.
Internet Reviews
3.0
Sweet and sentimental with a feel for the period in which the romance takes place.
Internet Reviews
3.1
Will Rowlands) was really just an enjoyable enough wait for the other shoe to drop, which it does.
Boston
2.5
And while this would be serviceable material on its own terms, its here decked out with a framing story that attempts to add some sense of consequence ..
Mountain X
3.0
It was an incredible thing she did for us: After the Toronto shootings, tales of grace on the Danforth A shooter brought death and destruction.
Toronto Star
4.0
To call The Notebook maudlin or syrupy is like criticizing a successful comedy for being too funny its supposed to make you cry.Of course theres a dif ..
Reel Talk Reviews
3.0
Although the movies theme of long lasting true love is admirable, many details of this story reach way beyond reason.
Reel Talk Reviews
3.8
A very engrossing and entertaining sudsy romance with top notch performances.
Cinema Crazed
1.5
Advertisement: Nick Cassavetes may want to believe hes working in a classic Hollywood style.
Salon
4.5
Each story packs in a lot of plot and, though theres a sense of doom throughout, keeps us rooting for the heroine to succeed.
Eye For Film
4.0
The film itself is about that ultimate and revelatory emotion love.
3.5
Overall, The Notebook is a surprisingly good film that manages to succeed where many other chick flick like romances fail.
Flim Threet
2.0
Its enough to ensure youll laugh, youll cringe, heck, you might even cry.
Bbc
4.0
Why You Should Watch This Movie: As a franchise, 1920 has never disappointed.
Book My Show
1.5
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The New Indian Express
3.1
The Notebook might be hopelessly maudlin fluff, but Cassavetes assured filmmaking and some lovely performances help to raise it above mediocrity.
The Movie Boy
3.8
In the present, in a nursing home, an elderly man (James Garner) reads from a notebook to an elderly woman (Gena Rowlands) who doesnt remember him.
Chicago Tribune
1.5
The Notebook is a thoroughly old fashioned romantic melodrama awash with misty eyed sentiment as it charts the obstacles placed in the path of two you ..
The Irish Times
2.5
While infusing a certain sense of brooding and melancholy into Noah especially in the years he spends pining for Allie Gosling manages to exude Noahs ..
Hollywood
3.0
Yet, even with these problems, this is a film thats brave enough to look squarely at what can be loves biggest obstacle, old age and the fragility of ..
Seattle Pi
5.0
All I can say is this is a dont miss, romantic, evocative, poignant tale, but come prepared.
Tony Medley
3.1
By no stretch of the imagination would I call The Notebook a good movie, but it is a shining example of how great acting can overcome even the worst s ..
Spliced Wire
3.0
I like a good love story, but the angst filled unrequited love story can be a bit much for me.
7M Pictures
0.6
Look, the real wonder of WW84 is that this maybe isnt the worst thing about it.
Film Freak Central
2.5
Theres a generic feel to the saga and, especially, the character of Allie.
Boxoffice Magazine
4.0
As a modern film, this isnt exactly unexpected (the picture still only garnered a PG 13 rating), but it truly feels unnecessary.
3.0
Its calendar art of natural beauty thats pretty breathtaking, and it supports the emotional content of the film just as exquisitely as planned.
Varia Gate
4.1
All in all a decent love story, but one suited for those who dont mind a high level of sentimentality.
Three Movie Buffs
4.0
Mike Moustakas grew up with the Royals, not just as a baseball player but as a man.
Kansas City
3.8
Shes off to a classy college and hes looking at a proscribed life of honest, physical labor.
Christianity Today
4.5
The film fails to engage to audience and doesnt seem to be scary from any angle.
Ib Times
4.4
Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams spark cinematically everlasting magic in a romance thats no tawdry Harlequin hay roll. The Notebook excels most when c ..
The Filmy Ap
3.0
If you ever want to see a flawless example of a movie which is redeemed from mediocrity solely through the cast, there is hardly a better one than thi ..
Antagony & Ecstasy
3.1
It feels too manufactured without enough story and character development to back it all up or get us intellectually involved.
Waffle Movies
4.5
In short, The Notebook is a throwback to traditional romance: a lovely diversion for saps; kryptonite for pessimists.
Straight
3.0
This maudlin period melodrama was dated and forgettable before the last tear was shed.
Dennis Schwartz Reviews
2.5
The Notebook is the kind of syrupy, heightened melodrama more likely to be found in the pages of a Mills & Boon paperback than on the silver screen.
Sbs
1.5
In a romance where paradise is a duck filled pond, it helps to be mild mannered.
Film Avclub
4.5
If you dont know what happens next youve either never seen a Hollywood movie or dipped into a paperback filled with throbbing passion and endless love ..
La Times
3.0
In a larger sense, theres nothing remotely cautionary or critical here; the drama seems to side solidly with the young lovers.
Decent Films
4.5
Its no secret that Mr. Gosling is one of our most gifted young actors. Still, this is his first romantic lead, and hes superb interesting in his inwar ..
Wsj
2.0
If you found The Bridges of Madison County too demanding, if you like your romance with an extra helping of syrup, then your movie has arrived.
Guide Live
2.5
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Rediff
1.3
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Freep
3.5
I prepared myself for a tearjerker; what I didnt prepare for was an outright gusher.
Movie Metropolis
1.5
The Notebook is an unabashedly romantic tale that teeters close to melodrama.
People
3.0
The film does absolutely nothing new, brave or surprising, but it treads its familiar ground with a comfortable, well practiced gait.
Film Blather
3.0
Noah pursues a reluctant Allie with a single minded charm any girl would be hard pressed to resist.
National Review
2.0
performances cant lift the cursory, stagy dialogue out of the muck.
Filmcritic.com
3.1
In the world of violent and strange movies, it is nice to see a gentle love story among the onslaught of summer films.
Entertainment Spectrum
4.5
Needless to say, it doesnt take long before Allie also finds herself engaged to Lonnie.
2.0
The photography is lush but the main plot line of the rich girl and the country boy is just too familiar and cliched.
Aisle Seat
2.5
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Movie Eye
4.4
My dad died from complications of Alzheimers four years ago, and I realize thats partly why I find this movie to be so compelling.
Qc Times
3.5
A sweet old fashion love story that may inspire you to go home and start taking notes.
TheMovieChicks.com
2.0
Loo Break: There are too many unnecessary songs, given this being a horror movie.
Koimoi
4.5
Precisely the horrible kind of heart wrenching pabulum thats been milked damn near dry by countless other so called timeless cinematic tales of passio ..
IGN Movies
1.5
Khan and Kundra put on their most sincere faces and you genuinely believe they want to get out of this situation alive.
Firstpost
2.5
Notebook movie review: A winning tale of two strangers and a bunch of darling kids in Kashmir 2.5/5 Language: Hindi with Kashmiri Sometimes sweet simp ..
Firstpost
2.5
Never quite escapes the been there done that feeling of Hollywood romantic clich with sunny photography and perfectly tailored costumes to boot.
The Dispatch (Lexington, N ..
1.9
Its all sweet and gooey and absolutely predictable, in a bland TV movie sort of way, with an ending so shameless it should come with an apology.
Seattle Times
4.0
Cassavetes knows that theyre strong stuff and that he doesnt need to oversell them.
Articles Orlando Sentinel
2.0
Vikram Bhatts direction is ordinary and doesnt bring any novel value.
Bollywood Hungama
2.5
The jawdroppingly beautiful cinematography by Robert Fraisse gives the entire film a poetic feel that the screenplay never earns.But I expected more f ..
Juicy Cerebellum
3.0
Puppy lovers are allowed to slobber every once in a while, and the slight sins of this heartwarmer are easily forgiven.
Eclipse Magazine
2.5
And they paint a kitschy, cuddly picture of a degenerative disease.
Articles Baltimore Sun
2.0
Electric leads cant juice up cliche ridden adaptation of Nicholas Sparks best seller.
Net Flix
2.0
Bland and sentimental, The Notebook is old fashioned filmmaking aimed at an old fashioned audience. Kleenex essential.
Web Archive
2.5
Its an interesting piece of counter programming on New Lines part, the only question is why didnt it go direct to cable
Web Archive
2.0
James Garner and Gena Rowlands lend the story a graceful gravity that perhaps the rest of the films more simplistic romanticism doesnt deserve.
Patrick Nabarro
1.5
But that doesnt mean that the critics have showered it with praises.
Bollywood Life
0.0
... one gets the sense that director Nick Cassevetes and writer Jan Sardi would spray the audience with teargas if they could.
Kc Active
1.5
If Vikram Bhatt fancies himself as a weaver of stories, hes gone over the hemline of logic here.
Mumbai Mirror
3.4
Garner and Rowlands are so effortlessly wonderful that they make The Notebook worth seeing.
Fantastic A Daily
4.0
Two good, young performers and a couple of not too shabby older ones not only make The Notebook worth watching but distinguish the film as one of the ..
Google
1.5
This film tries to evoke the 1940s but never quite finds the right tone, coming off instead like a big costume party.
Boston Phoenix
4.3
A story about true love that makes you cry, the kind you dont forget.
El antepenúltimo mohicano ..
4.5
A simple and incredibly romantic film that will thrill its target audience; women.
Supercala.com
3.0
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.
Edge Boston
1.5
If trailers to Cassavetes unashamed tearjerker seem interminable, try sitting through the contrived sentimental sap of the two hour plus film.
2.5
The movies main problem is that it exerts so much effort coddling the pushovers, and does so little to make itself accessible to those with harder hea ..
Arizona Daily Star
1.5
If youre looking for an adventure in summer camp, pencil in The Notebook.
Boulder Weekly
2.0
Its first 15 20 minutes are awful, but the film eventually emerges as a credible and even genuinely heartrending tearjerker.
Entertainment Today
3.8
its lack of originality is more than made up for by the storys patience, sincerity, and the vivid chemistry of leads Gosling and McAdams
5.0
The Notebook is one of the most romantic movies of our generation! Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling are positively electric...READ ON >
Blunt Review
3.1
More like a carefully packaged commercial for America in the 1940s than a film about it.
Boston Herald
4.5
Info The Notebook The elderly woman doesnt think she knows the man, and yet somehow the story instantly appeals.
Dallas Observer
3.1
Just how vulnerable viewer tear ducts will be depends on how deeply they fall for the twin leads.
Wash Times
3.0
On the baSIs that this demonic doctor doesnt actually have Visible hooves or horns.
The List
2.5
Mars makes closest approach to Earth in 15 years this weekend If Mars seems unusually large and bright in the night sky this weekend, its not your ima ..
Dm Register
2.5
If you are looking for some old world romance this weekend, Notebook is definitely a recommended watch for you.
India Today
3.5
Though The Notebook may be trite in narrative, the feelings it conjures are surprisingly and effectively real.
Mixed Reviews
2.5
The Notebook, Sparks latest work, is a sentimental film with flashbacks and cliches.
Town Topics
1.5
The loud and spooky background music on every second scene just doesnt help the immensely boring plot which tries its level best to scare you off your ..
Bollywood Bubble
4.5
The Notebook doesnt give you a postcard pretty plot, like most romance flicks. Instead, it shows you the fights, bickering and disagreements that go o ..
3.0
Once True Love enters the picture, the passion is tautological; it doesnt need to explain itself.
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