I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!!

Rating: 10/10 (22 June 2004)

I saw a sneak preview of the Notebook with my girlfriends and we CRIED!!! It was soooo great and the setting and time period just make the movie even more romantic and believable. I truly and highly suggest this film for anyone who loves love stories. Warning: you will cry! But it is mostly a happy cry which is good. Ryan Gosling is extremely good looking and very good as the young Noah Calhoun and Rachel McAdams simply steals the camera's attention. Lastly, I read the novel by Nicolas Sparks and I really think that the filmmakers have done a really good job adapting the film from the novel. If anything the film answers questions left open from the book and the book answers questions left open from the film. So I suggest both the novel and the film (and consequently in that order as well). And of course Joan Allen and the actor who plays Noah's dad are excellent actors who play their role excellently. Highly suggest this film for a girls night out!