An average movie

To be honest, I wasn't expecting much from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Lasse Hallstrom, I thought I should check it out anyway. Eventually, I thought it was a rather weak and sappy romantic flick. I mean, the directing was decent, Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried were both quite charming and they were both doing their best but the whole thing was just a borefest... Everything they said, everything they did was just so plot driven. Furthermore, there was also a subplot involving autism which was rather poorly developed. Indeed, it is a dear subject to me (as a matter of fact, my step-son is autistic) and if you are going to tackle this difficult subject, you either have to do a good job or just drop the whole thing and, in this case, it wasn't really convincing, I'm afraid. For example, if his dad was autist, how did he get some income? How did he get this house and all those coins which must be worth a fortune? I was really surprised to discover that Nicholas Sparks's son is actually afflicted with Asperger's Syndrome and I would have expected in this case a better approach on this subject. Anyway, to conclude, even though it was a well made romantic drama, it was still rather tedious and it is not really worth a look, except maybe if you are fan of this genre.