The film opens in a swank nursing home with the elderly Duke (James Garner) reading to the elderly Allie Calhoun (Gena Rowlands, Cassavetes’ mother), a handsome yet frail-looking woman suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer’s. The story Duke shares with her is a romance set in 1940s North Carolina between working-class Noah (Ryan Gosling) and the wealthy Allie Hamilton (Rachel McAdams), who share a summer romance that blossoms into fierce first love.As summer fades into fall, that love is threatened as Allie prepares to go off to college in New York and her mother, Anne (Joan Allen), works overtime to sever their relationship. She believes her daughter can find a better man in a better social class, and she succeeds in busting Noah and Allie apart. Years later, Allie becomes engaged to the wealthy and movie star good looking, Lon (James Marsden), whose love for Allie is strong, but not exactly enough to satisfy her.Indeed, on the eve of marriage, she seeks out Noah again, thus rekindling a romance that will promise to change her life forever if she has the courage to accept it.
It is evident that they still have feelings for each other, and Allie has to choose between her fiancé and her first love.
It is evident that they still have feelings for each other, and Allie has to choose between her fiancé and her first love.
p/s : Hubby hug & kiss me after kiteorg watch dis movie. Hubby ckp i sayang u sgt2 & cintakan u sampai habis nyawa kiter... mcm "Noah cintakan Allie"...coz ending citer nih diaorg died 2gether sambil tangan berpegangan...
Nangis.. cedey...meleleh leleh airmata...huhu :( Best sgt citer nih.
rating: 5 star
