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Initial Thought: Time to watch the final Nicholas Sparks movie I haven't seen that is available. So far it's been a pretty decent series ranging from average to excellent. I wonder where this one will fall with such a huge well known cast.
Characters/Acting: This one has several actors that didn't even realize would be in one of these films. I mean Richard Gere and Diane Lane make sense, but this also has Pablo Schreiber, Scott Glenn, and James Franco. It's definitely a wide range of interesting talent. I felt there wasn't the correct kind of chemistry between our two main characters. Sure they are good actors, but as lovers they were rather disappointing.
Story: A doctor who is traveling to see his estranged son sparks with an unhappily married woman at a North Carolina inn. No wonder that's a bed and breakfast. That place is huge and pretty cool in fact. The only scene I found somewhat fun here was the hurricane. I didn't care at all about the romance. It honestly felt way more unrealistic than usual and really forced. The reveal near the end would have been good for any other film except this one. It felt so out of place and unnecessary. In all actuality the whole thing was pretty lame.
Directing/Writing: Well as usual this is obviously based off of one book from Nicholas Sparks. This guy is rather popular with getting his books adapted. I mean he has ten going on eleven next year. This time it takes two to tangle with his story. Ann Peacock has done two films I really liked though being Chronicles of Narnia and The Killing Room. John Romano wrote The Lincoln Lawyer which was a pretty good film. They both have other films that I have heard of but haven't seen yet. George C. Wolfe is the director here. I have seen one of his movies that I absolutely enjoyed called You're Not You. With the talent behind this I hope to not be disappointed.
Final Thought: Despite the talent here I really couldn't get into this one. I couldn't believe in the romance. It was just way too simple. This is definitely the weakest of the Nicholas Sparks films. It's also just a pretty poorly done film in my opinion. I'd say to skip this one even if you are a Sparks fan.
