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Rating: 8/10 (29 June 2004)

The only thing that disappointed me was the fact that I sobbed through this movie and didn't have a tissue! This movie was just lovely from the actors' performances to the romantic love story of two people, Allie and Noah. This movie is more of a drama and it shows the affects of age and disease with Gena Rowlands Alzheimer's.
The story starts where a man (James Garner) visits a woman (Gena Rowlands) daily in a nursing home. There he reads her the beautiful story of two people Noah and Allie and how they fall in love. Troubled that their daughter will marry 'trash', Allies parents take her away from Noah after one summer of love. There lives continue and Allie falls in love with Lon Hammond (James Marsden) and gets engaged. When she sees Noah's picture in the paper, she goes to see him and they realize they are still in love with one another.
Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams are perfect in the roles of the two young lovers. Usually their characters are much darker. (McAdams in Mean Girls and Gosling in Murder by Numbers) But they hit the spot perfectly. Gena Rowlands and James Garner were the true hit of the movie and the ending scene was done beautifully between them.
At the end of this movie, there was not one dry eye in the entire theatre. The ending is sentimental and makes you think of your first love all over again. I recommend this movie to everyone...this is not a 'chick-flick.' It is a powerful drama that will make you think about who you want to spend your life with and what you wand out of life.