The Notebook

2004
PG-13
2h 3m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

646K

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POPULARITY

293

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Romantic Epic Drama Romance

An elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social classes.An elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social classes.An elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social classes.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

646K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

293

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 12 wins & 10 nominations total

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Trivia
Ryan Gosling prepared for his role by living in Charleston, South Carolina before filming began. For two months, he rowed the Ashley River every morning and built furniture during the day.

Goofs
The narrator says, "And after two years of chasing Erwin Rommel through the North African desert..." American forces fought in North Africa from November 1942 to May 1943 - just 6 months.

Quotes
Noah: I am no one special. Just a common man with common thoughts. I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me, and my name will soon be forgotten, but in one respect I've succeeded as gloriously as anyone who ever lived. I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and for me that has always been enough.

Alternate versions
The love scenes had to be toned down to avoid an R rating in the United States. The footage is featured on the DVD as deleted scenes. There is no explicit nudity or actual sex shown. Any "sex" scenes were edited down to implied sex instead.

Connections
Edited into The Notebook: Deleted Scenes (2005)

Soundtracks
I'll Be Seeing You
Written by Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal
Performed by Billie Holiday and Jimmy Durante
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group and Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
By arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing

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Featured review

10/10

SImple but wonderful

This movie seems to be postcard perfect, a lesson straight out of the director's guide to romantic movies. Boy meets girl at a carnival, love from the other side of the tracks, a date by the water, etc. And yet the wonderful thing about this movie is that it takes what seems like a story you've heard already (at least in bits and pieces) and still moves you deeply. It really speaks about love in a way that most romantic movies miss by speaking in cliché or over shoot by adding in numerous complications to dramatize things. There have been other great movies to comment on love in recent years (Eternal Sunshine, Lost In Translation jump to mind) but this movie fills a need that those other movies miss: the need for a straight, sweep you off your feet romance. Too bad there can't be movies like this every year...

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