My Nomination for Academy Award

Rating: 10/10 (17 July 2004)

This may be the best movie I have seen in 30 years. The things I liked about it
1. Gena Rowlands and James Garner were masterful. They exuded true chemistry, and they were able to bring out the emotion of the story without being maudling and without being manipulative. I believe that they are shoo-ins for nominations for academy awards. He modeled tenderness and love in a way that I hope husbands of aging wives will learn from.
2. I liked the fact that Lon was not one dimensional. He loved Allie enough to let her go.
3. I liked the way that Allie's mother was able to show her that she understood the difficult choice Allie had to make between Noah and Lon. She admitted her mistake about not being honest with Allie when she presented the letters.
Questions left unanswered:
1. Did Noah work in the lumber mill for the rest of his life? I doubt he could have provided like he did in such a job. Would liked to have known his occupation.
2. What happened to Noah's mother?
One thing I did not like.
1. I appreciated that there was no nudity (no, I am not an old fogey). But can we not understand that characters in movies are having sexual encounters with having to feel like voyeurs. When Rhett grabbed Scarlet and carried her up the stairs we knew what was going on without full graphics. Can we go back to panning the cameras to the shadows or the moon.
Even so this is a great movie - should become a classic. I give it a 10.
Andy Smith