Not the best Nicholas Sparks novel been turned into a movie but its still average

Rating: 5/10 (4 February 2015)

Dear John is similar to that 2012 film The Lucky One with Zac Efron as both Tatum and Efron both joined the army in Afghanistan and fell in love only The Lucky One is sorta different. So back to this review.
The movie stars off in the year 2001 and we see John(played by Channing Tatum) at the beach and saves this girl's bag that fell into the water. This girl is called Savannah(played by Amanda Seyfried)who is smitten with John and the two fall in love.But since John has to go back to Afghanistan again leaving her alone again as well as caring for his Autistic father (played by Richard Jenkins)can him and Savannah ever get together? Well since John is gone to the Army again she ends up marrying Tim(played by ET star Henry Thomas) who happens to have cancer and has a son that is also autistic like John's father.
So what did I think of this movie,well to be honest and call me cynical but I never shed a tear at this movie in fact I found it rather complicated at times and the chemistry to its credit was great between Seyfried and Tatum. Also the story has been done in that 2012 film The Lucky One and Nichloas Sparks LOVES using the same formula every single time. The poor guy had a hard life as he lost his sister and his parents so any wonder he writes these clichéd stories that happen in almost every romantic film. Boy meets girl check,falls in love check, something bad happens in the 3rd act or 2nd act check check,some dies check,sad depressing music check.
Now I loved The Notebook and A Walk To Remember in fact these two are my favourite Nichloas Sparks movies of all time in my opinion as the story was better and more believable,here its kinda boring and clichéd. And I am a lover for romantic dramas. But hey I thought it was a pretty OK film,I was glad I got it on DVD as I haven't seen it in a very long time.
5.2/10
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