A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
A movie whose punch line is so delightfully absurd that even after you pretty much know what's coming you spit out your Pepsi anyway.
– Wesley Morris,
Grantland,
3 Jan 2014
rotten:
Keeping up with the movie's inane plot twists makes for a capricious good time, but an unimaginative denouement turns the whole thing into a fool's errand.
– Drew Hunt,
Chicago Reader,
7 Mar 2013
rotten:
[The] final reel ... descends into the Vortex of Bonkers, delivering fits of unexpected laughter.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
26 Feb 2013
rotten:
Plods along with dialogue just above the level of crayon scribblings, and the direction by the usually reliable Lasse Hallstrom is dismayingly sluggish.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
20 Feb 2013
rotten:
It's as though the filmmakers lacked the confidence to stick with the basic story, which served every element needed in a Sparks-infused guilty pleasure.