The Notebook (12A)

★★✭ This well loved adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' best-seller may be full of cliché but remains a believable tearjerker nonetheless. ~ ManchesterTheatres.com

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Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams and James Garner star in this 2004 romantic drama in which an elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of a poor and passionate young man who falls in love with a rich young woman and gives her a sense of freedom.

Their romance is threatened by their social differences.

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★★★ A shameless tear-jerker and as corny as they come, this retro romantic drama skilfully pushes all the right emotional buttons. ~ Radio Times.

★★★ An uncomplicated, nicely shot tale that ticks all the right boxes for those after a good old-fashioned weepy. ~ Empire.

★★★ The Notebook carries with it an undeniable believability. Nicholas Sparks's novel contains plenty of pat scenarios, but they possess a wonderful third dimension in the hands of the film's two exciting central performers: Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling. ~ AllMovie.