Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

The Notebook
2004
**½
Director: Nick Cassavettes
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands, Joan Allen

An old man reads a love story to an old lady who is about to lose her memory. The story he reads is about a poor boy and a rich girl who were denied their happiness in the 1940s. This romantic drama is likeable and well acted, but it leaves no cliché unused and no tear unjerked. Based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks.