Top billed cast

1. 

   Ryan Gosling

   Noah Calhoun

2. 

   Rachel McAdams

   Allie Hamilton

3. 

   Gena Rowlands

   Older Allie

4. 

   James Garner

   Older Noah "Duke"

5. 

   Joan Allen

   Anne Hamilton

6. 

   David Thornton

   John Hamilton

7. 

   James Marsden

   Lon Hammond

8. 

   Kevin Connolly

   Fin

9. 

   Sam Shepard

   Frank Calhoun

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2025-05-04

**_Love story in the 1940s near the coast of South Carolina_**

An aged man at a nursing home (James Garner) reads a romantic tale of two young lovers around the WW2 years (Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams) to a woman with dementia (Gena Rowlands). Sam Shepard plays the young man’s father while James Marsden is on hand as his competitor.

"The Notebook” (2004) comes in the tradition of romantic dramas like “Message in a Bottle,” “A River Runs through It” and “Legends of the Fall.” It may not be as good as “River,” but it’s not as contrived as “Message” and arguably...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$29,000,000.00

Revenue
$115,600,000.00

Keywords

• secret love
• soulmates
• based on novel or book
• love of one's life
• fight
• poem
• river
• sadness
• class
• dementia
• tears
• candle
• mailbox
• valentine's day
• romantic