moving and well-made

Rating: Null/10 (20 December 2018)

In a modern day elderly home, a common man who's lived a common life reads a romantic story to a fellow patient. In a flashback to South Carolina in the 1940s, blue-collar youth Noah Calhoun meets and falls in love with Allie Hamilton, a college-bound young lady born into money, but their passionate summer love affair is threatened by societal differences, parental pressure, and their vastly differing views of the future. The characters are real, the emotions are genuine, the scenery is striking, and Gosling and McAdams are powerful on screen. A touching and intimate story from director Nick Cassavetes that is sure to hit a home run for fans of the genre. ***