The Best of Me
James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan star as a pair of high school sweethearts, reunited after 20 years apart when they attend the funeral of a mutual friend. Adapted from the steamy bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks, author of The Notebook .
- Director:
- Michael Hoffman ('Gambit', 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'One Fine Day')
- Writer:
- Michael HoffmanWill FettersJ. Mills Goodloe
- Cast:
- James MarsdenMichelle MonaghanLuke BraceyLiana LiberatoSchuyler FiskCaroline Hebert
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressAlso functions as a study of two terrific actors struggling to overcome the relentless mediocrity of their material.
Time Out
pressMovies this silly, crass and manipulative really shouldn’t be allowed to exist in 2014. But we’re guiltily glad that they do.
The Guardian
pressYou can sneer, but I don't care - the heart wants what it will, and my heart wants Sparks. So there.
The Dissolve
pressIt’s a case study on how the quality of screen partners is only as good as the quality of the romantic obstacles separating them.
New York Daily News
pressSinks like a rock thrown into a sun-dappled lake shaded by magnolia trees sparkling under a sky of shooting stars.
Variety
pressAlso functions as a study of two terrific actors struggling to overcome the relentless mediocrity of their material.
Time Out
pressMovies this silly, crass and manipulative really shouldn’t be allowed to exist in 2014. But we’re guiltily glad that they do.
The Guardian
pressYou can sneer, but I don't care - the heart wants what it will, and my heart wants Sparks. So there.
The Dissolve
pressIt’s a case study on how the quality of screen partners is only as good as the quality of the romantic obstacles separating them.
New York Daily News
pressSinks like a rock thrown into a sun-dappled lake shaded by magnolia trees sparkling under a sky of shooting stars.
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