Variety
Also functions as a study of two terrific actors struggling to overcome the relentless mediocrity of their material.
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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 .
2014Rating: M, Mature themes, violence, sex scenes and coarse language.118 minsUSA
DramaRomance
- 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
The Best of Me | Reviews
12%83 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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Time Out
Movies this silly, crass and manipulative really shouldn’t be allowed to exist in 2014. But we’re guiltily glad that they do.
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The Guardian
You can sneer, but I don't care - the heart wants what it will, and my heart wants Sparks. So there.
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The Dissolve
It’s a case study on how the quality of screen partners is only as good as the quality of the romantic obstacles separating them.
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New York Daily News
Sinks like a rock thrown into a sun-dappled lake shaded by magnolia trees sparkling under a sky of shooting stars.
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The Best of Me | Release Details
The Best of Me is available to stream in Australia now on Stan and Google Play and Apple TV and Prime Video Store.