20042h 3mDir. Nick Cassavetes

The Notebook

Name: The Notebook
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 2004-06-25
Duration: 2 h 3 min
Rating: 4
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, Gena Rowlands, James Garner, Joan Allen

“Behind every great love is a great story.”

RomanceDrama

4.0 / 5.0

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1st Half: 4.0 ★vs2nd Half: 4.0 ★

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An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.

Starring:Ryan Gosling,Rachel McAdams,Gena Rowlands,James Garner,Joan Allen

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Ryan Gosling

Noah Calhoun

Rachel McAdams

Allie Hamilton

Gena Rowlands

Older Allie

James Garner

Older Noah 'Duke'

Joan Allen

Anne Hamilton

David Thornton

John Hamilton

James Marsden

Lon Hammond

Kevin Connolly

Fin

Sam Shepard

Frank Calhoun

Starletta DuPois

Nurse Esther

Ed Grady

Harry

Jennifer Echols

Nurse Selma

Key Production Crew

Director

Nick Cassavetes

Screenplay & Writers

Jan Sardi, Jeremy Leven, Nicholas Sparks

Cinematography

Robert Fraisse

Original Score

Aaron Zigman

Producers

Lynn Harris, Mark Johnson

Film Details

Budget$29,000,000

Box Office Revenue$115,600,000

Original Languageen

Production Studios

New Line CinemaAvery PixGran Via Productions

Keywords & Themes

#secret love#soulmates#based on novel or book#love of one's life#fight#poem#river#sadness#class#dementia

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

4.0

The Notebook (2004) ★★★★☆ Watched this on Valentine’s Day, and yeah… it’s one of those movies. The kind that’s painfully predictable yet somehow still hits you right in the feels. One of the most clichéd love stories ...

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