Dear John

From the opening scene I thought I'd be writing something nice about DEAR JOHN and then it went all Energizer Bunny on me and now I won't. To quote a local nine year old I asked about this as she was returning the DVD to the shop "it was sooooooooooo fucking sad" and I'm honestly not sure if she meant that as crying sad or simply weak sad. I don't remember the Nicholas Sparks novel dragging like this and I'm fond of Lasse Hallstrom's work but something here just doesn't add up and I think this is about all I have to say about DEAR JOHN.