A powerful, emotional story...will draw you in after five minutes.

Rating: 10/10 (27 June 2004)

I'm not a crier. I think two movies in my long movie-watching history have made me shed tears. The Notebook had me crying, both out of happiness and sadness, throughout the entire film. I don't want to give away any of the plot, but the love story is nothing new. It's the phenomenal acting and the superb directing make this film a stand-out. There is so much chemistry between the film's two young stars (Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams), that you forget that they are not real life lovers. These two have bright futures ahead of them. Even for people who are not hopeless romantics (myself included), it would be difficult to watch this movie without truly caring what happens to everyone and how it will all end. I left the movie feeling happy and passionate; My husband left feeling very depressed. But ask yourself, with all the terrible films coming out these days, when was the last time you left the theater feeling anything? A definite 10/10. A must see.