Please bring you tissues!

Rating: 5/10 (10 February 2005)

The last time I cried this much was when I saw "Steel Magnolias". I am not one for depressing movies but my 17 year old saw this and said it was the best she had seen. I think she liked the love story part. James Garner is great as Noah and Gena Rowlands as an older Allie and the love story of how they met was very deep. Rachel McAdams is an absolute knock out and was fantastic in her portrayal of young Allie. Fortunately I never read the book and people I have talked to said you cry more when you read the book, so I guess I was fortunate. Alzheimer's is a wicked disease that tricks the mind and as much as I have heard about it, it wasn't until I watched this movie that I began to see how awful it really is. So as much as I liked some of this movie such as the love story, I really hated the ending.