The Notebook

You know you're in trouble when you sit down to watch a film that has won the "best kiss" award at the MTV TEEN AWARDS and you know you're even deeper in when the film is based on a book by Nicholas Sparks. I like Sparks even if he tends to thump his bible a bit too much but her has no problem killing off a main character if it will make the girlies cry and THE NOTEBOOK will do just that. I was not expecting much from this one and was absolutely stunned at what a powerful piece of work it turned out to be. While Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams were the ones setting teen hearts on fire all throughout North America it was James Garner and Gene Rowlands who stole the film and you will be hard pressed, old jaded cynic or not, to be able to keep a dry eye watching their interaction. Far, far better than you might expect!