The Choice Reviews

To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. After the runaway success of ‘The Notebook’, they kept making such Nicholas Sparks film adaptations and this one was actually the very last one. Apparently, it was a disappointment at the box office so they considered that the interest in this specific kind of romantic movies had seemingly vanished so they dropped the genre all together afterwards. Well, somehow, I have seen almost all the Nicholas Sparks adaptations (I have to admit that ‘The Notebook’ is actually pretty good) and I don’t think this last attempt was the worst of the bunch. At least, you have to admit it was really bold to have Alexandra Daddario playing second fiddle in one of the love triangles involved in this story. On the other hand, she never stood a chance against Teresa Palmer though. Indeed, while all the other characters were just bland and boring, she was just so charismatic and quite gorgeous to look at, and she really sparkled even if the material was actually pretty weak. The worst of the bunch was probably Benjamin Walker. Where did this guy come from? Apparently, I did see him in a couple of movies before. Anyway, he was some kind of weird mix of Liam Neeson with Andrew Garfield and, well, the guy definitely didn’t impress me. Considering the story itself, like I said before, even if it was more down-to-earth than some other really far-fetched Sparks stories, it was also terribly flat and predictable and, therefore, quite tedious to behold. At least, it was rather surprising that it actually ended up with a happy-ending as, with Sparks, someone usually has to die at the end. I’m not sure if it really gave the best example for people with relatives in coma though. Indeed, they might think that, if they keep waiting forever, some miracle might occur which is, unfortunately, usually not the case. Anyway, to conclude, even if the damned thing was rather harmless, it was still pretty weak and I don’t think it is really worth a look, except maybe if you are a die-hard of the genre.