The true love that finds its way to happiness

Rating: 10/10 (21 March 2017)

The movie starts with an older gentleman Duke (James Garner) who reads the book every day to an older lady Allie (Gena Rowlands) who has dementia. The story that he reads is about a young working man Noah Calhoun from the lower class, and young wealthy girl Allie Hamilton. They meet each other at the fair where he instantly falls in love with her. After spending some time together, they both realize that they are meant for each other. However, because of the social class difference, the girl's mother disapproves their relationship, and Allie leaves the Seabrook Island. Noah with a broken hearth joins the army, and fights in the World War II. In the meanwhile, Allie meets another guy and gets engaged. After the war is over, Noah goes home, where he decides to renovate the old house he always wanted. The house gets restored, and his picture ends up in the newspaper, which Allie accidentally gets to see. She decides to go back to Seabrook Island, to see Noah, where she finds out that he never forgot about her, and that he wrote letters to her every day for a year, which her mother kept away from her. After spending time with him, she must decide if she will go back to her fiancé or stay with Noah.