The Notebook (2004)

The Notebook rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.8/10· 687K votes

Rotten Tomatoes54%

Metacritic53%

TMDb7.887/10· 13K votes

With 54% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.8/10 on IMDb and 53/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About The Notebook

An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.

Cast of The Notebook

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  Ryan Gosling

  as Noah Calhoun

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  Rachel McAdams

  as Allie Hamilton

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  Gena Rowlands

  as Older Allie

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  James Garner

  as Older Noah "Duke"

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  Joan Allen

  as Anne Hamilton

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  David Thornton

  as John Hamilton

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  James Marsden

  as Lon Hammond

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  Kevin Connolly

  as Fin

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  Sam Shepard

  as Frank Calhoun

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  Starletta DuPois

  as Nurse Esther

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  Ed Grady

  as Harry

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  Jennifer Echols

  as Nurse Selma

The Notebook facts

Budget

$29M

Box office

$115.6M

Our take on The Notebook

Nick Cassavetes' 2004 romance frames its story around an elderly man reading from a faded notebook to a woman with Alzheimer's, unspooling the tale of a young couple separated by World War II and passionately reunited seven years later. It's an unabashedly sentimental drama built on longing, memory and the endurance of first love. The dual timelines let the film linger on both youthful passion and the quiet devotion of old age. It suits viewers who welcome open-hearted, tear-inducing romance without irony. Watch it when you want a sweeping, emotional love story that trusts feeling over restraint and rewards a good cry.