The Notebook
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Metascore
53 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 34 Critics What's this?

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8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 186 Ratings

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  • Starring: Gena Rowlands, James Garner, Joan Allen, Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling
  • Summary: A sweeping love story told by a man (Garner) reading from his faded notebook to a woman in a nursing home (Rowlands), The Notebook follows the lives of two North Carolina teens from very different worlds who spend one indelible summer together before they are separated, first by her parents and then by WWII. (New Line Productions)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 34
  3. Negative: 3 out of 34
  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    90
    A lovely surprise. Ripe with feeling and lush with physical beauty, it's a love story that swings confidently between age and youth, and, like the young Tiger Woods of old, avoids every trap along the way.
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  2. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Luke Y. Thompson
    80
    If you're the sort who enjoys shedding such in darkened theaters, your must-see summer movie has arrived.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jessica Winter
    60
    Amid the sticky-sweet swamp of Jeremy Leven's script, Rowlands and Garner emerge spotless and beatific, lending a magnanimous credibility to their scenes together. These two old pros slice cleanly through the thicket of sap-weeping dialogue and contrivance, locating the terror and desolation wrought by the cruel betrayals of a failing mind.
  4. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    25
    I have the same allergic reaction to this open faucet of tear-jerking swill as I do to the 1996 Nicholas Sparks novel that inspired it.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 75 out of 93
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 93
  3. Negative: 8 out of 93
  1. Jade
    10
    10 10 10 10 10 ... i love this movie so much, coming from a girls perspective.. men might not like it all that much, but its WONDERFUL!!!
  2. csw12
    8
    The Notebook is surprisingly a sincere film that draws you into the characters and makes them believable most of the time. The connection between Ryan Gosling and Rachael McAdam's is fantastic even when they both go a little overboard in some parts.… Expand
  3. nirishan9
    7
    Really, quite good and touching. Somewhat predictable and frustrating at times, overall a good watch. At some parts, it was rather boring, but nothing to complain about profusely.… Expand
  4. BradySmith
    4
    Chick flick alert. This movie is just another sappy love story. If I didn't have to rate it as a critic and just gave what I think about it as a score instead of being fair, its score would be even lower. I have to give credit to the actors, because you can tell they tried their best, and one of the scenes with the old people is kinda sad, (not the ending). But this one is made purely for girls, and particularly girls who don't give a crap about how contrived the story is. Was forced to watch this in my psychology class because it deals with memory. Needless to say, I didn't like it.… Expand

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