I'm not one for romance films, but this was just wonderful

Rating: 10/10 (12 June 2007)

As a major movie buff, you'd think I would have seen this movie earlier, like, when it first premiered. I finally saw it last night, and I completely fell in love with this love story! Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams are particularly brilliant and have wonderful chemistry as a young couple in love. I couldn't believe how a romance could unfold in a way that it was watchable and could be related to. What most modern films miss is the ability to capture a relationship in a way that you become engrossed in it and wish that maybe, just maybe, it could happen to you-- The Notebook allows you to hold onto that notion. James Garner and Gena Rowlands also play their parts well (they reminded me of my grandparents), as endearing and emotional characters. Everyone in this film evokes so much and it makes it hard for any viewer not to add this film to their favorites list. Expect to tear a little bit, but be glad that you did. The Notebook is a classic film, and an excellent adaptation from print to the big screen.