Story Line
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.
“Behind every great love is a great story.”
Top Cast
Ryan Gosling
Noah Calhoun
Rachel McAdams
Allie Hamilton
Gena Rowlands
Older Allie
James Garner
Older Noah "Duke"
Joan Allen
Anne Hamilton
David Thornton
John Hamilton
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Rating
7.9/ 10
Release Date
2004-06-25
Runtime
2h 3m
Genres
RomanceDrama
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User Reviews (3)
CinemaSerf
7/10
•9/4/2023A 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) bu...
r96sk
8/10
•1/11/2024Touching!
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 ...
Wuchak
7/10
•5/4/2025**_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). ...