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.
This is a movie that isn't ashamed to wring each teardrop by any means necessary.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
25 Jun 2004
fresh:
May be one hundred percent sap, but its spirit is anything but cloying, thanks to persuasive performances, most notably from Rachel McAdams.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
25 Jun 2004
rotten:
The movie not only approaches a level of shamelessness you have to see to disbelieve, it does it in a manner that's both inept and crass.
– Charles Taylor,
Salon.com,
3 Jul 2004
fresh:
How rare to see a film that says there is still a value system out there, that being thoughtful and caring is not uncool.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
23 Jul 2004
rotten:
The connection between the two narratives is supposed to be a big, heartbreaking surprise, though I figured it out well in advance and spent the interim unfavorably comparing this greatest-generation hanky wringer to the British drama Iris.