Film

The Notebook

Name: The Notebook
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 2004
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, Gena Rowlands, James Garner, Joan Allen

The Notebook is the modern blueprint for the American tearjerker romance: a working-class boy and a wealthy girl, torn apart by class and war, reunited years later — all framed by an old man reading their story aloud to his wife, who no longer remembers it. Lush, unashamedly sentimental, built for a big emotional payoff. Ideal if you want to cry on purpose; less so if you flinch at earnestness.

TMDb rating

7.9

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