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.
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.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
3 Oct 2011
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 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:
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:
This is a movie that isn't ashamed to wring each teardrop by any means necessary.