The Notebook
Behind every great love is a great story.
2004 • 123 min • Romance · Drama
Synopsis
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
Our family guide
Best from age 14- 100 Reviewers · 4 · 60%
- 79 Audience · 12722 · 40%
An epic love story unfolds across decades, following a young couple separated by class and circumstance in the 1940s. Their passionate romance is later recounted from a notebook, helping an elderly woman with Alzheimer's reconnect with her past.
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 2/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 3/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 5/10
- Scary moments
- 1/10
Heads up
- Passionate kissing and some partial nudity.
- Disagreements and yelling between characters.
- Characters drink and smoke throughout the film.
What it models well
- Enduring love
- Commitment
- Overcoming obstacles
- Devotion
Talk about it after
- The challenges of long-distance relationships and class differences.
- How to support family members dealing with memory loss.
- The importance of fighting for what you believe in.
- Love and sacrifice.
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Top billed cast
Director: Nick Cassavetes • Crew: Jeremy Leven, Jan Sardi
Trailers & clips
Allie and Noah: “It Still Isn’t Over”
Allie & Noah: "A White House With Blue Shutters"
Noah & Allie Reunite After 7 Years
Full Movie Preview
Extended Preview
Like A Dream
He Is Trash
Back Into His Heart
Reviewer notes
RecommendedMy wife and I, being of a certain age, find this film to be one of the most poignant and heartwarming love stories ever read, heard, or seen (* Doctor Zhivago notwithstanding). Yes, it's quite predictable, but that doesn't influence the score. If you are younger, all I can say is, may you be blessed with such a love.
Recommended**_Love story in the 1940s near the coast of South Carolina_** An aged man at a nursing home (James Garner) reads a romantic tale of two young lovers around the WW2 years (Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams) to a woman with dementia (Gena Rowlands). Sam Shepard plays the young man’s father while James Marsden is on hand as his competitor.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersTouching! Despite evidently not watching this until today, I've always heard about the sad tag that many associate with <em>'The Notebook'</em> - and I can see why. Given I didn't know anything other than that, I was not anticipating how the film portrays its story - which is effective and rather heartbreaking. I'm not one to get properly emotional to movies, though hit the feels this one does still certainly do.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersA gently touching look at an elderly couple who must deal with present day mental illness told through a retrospective of their not uneventful lives. Rachel McAdams is "Allie", a young girl from a wealthy family who falls for "Noah" (Ryan Gosling) but her mother wants much better for her, so takes her away to their city home and keeps all of his (365) letters.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.9/10 (12,722)
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $29,000,000
- Box office
- $115,600,000
- IMDb
- tt0332280
