Réalisation:
Lasse HallströmScénario:
Jamie LindenPhotographie:
Terry StaceyMusique:
Deborah LurieActeurs·trices:
Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Richard Jenkins, Henry Thomas, D.J. Cotrona, Cullen Moss, Gavin McCulley, Keith Robinson, Scott Porter (plus)VOD (1)
Résumés(1)
Lorsque John Tyree, un soldat des Forces Spéciales en permission, et Savannah Curtis, une étudiante idéaliste, se rencontrent sur une plage, c'est le coup de foudre. Bien qu'appartenant à deux mondes différents, une passion absolue les réunit pendant deux semaines. John repart ensuite en mission et Savannah retourne à l'université, mais ils promettent de s'écrire et à travers leurs lettres enflammées, leur amour ne fait que grandir. Chaque jour plus inquiète pour la sécurité de son bien-aimé, Savannah s'interroge. Alors que désirs et responsabilités s'opposent toujours plus, le couple lutte pour maintenir ses engagements. Quand une tragédie oblige John à rentrer, les deux jeunes gens se retrouvent face à leurs contradictions. John et Savannah vont découvrir si leur amour peut vraiment survivre à tout... (Metropolitan FilmExport)
(plus)Critiques (5)
Une romance non conventionnelle et originale, surtout pour sa représentation de la relation qu'entretient un fils avec son père autiste et pour son scénario élaboré à travers lequel le scénariste se défoule véritablement dans la dernière demi-heure en laissant son public deviner comment le tout va se terminer. Et on ne peut certainement pas parler d’un final pathétique à l’américaine !
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Nicholas Sparks knows how to write about love that moves mountains. And even though the film doesn't reach the quality of the disarming source material, the story still works in a smaller space, sufficiently fateful. Although Channing Tatum has never delivered such a good performance and Amanda Seyfried wasn't yet skilled enough in the dramatic genre, it doesn't really matter. However, what bothers me after a few years is the changed ending compared to the book, which somewhat embarrasses the whole aura of emotional growth and turns Dear John into more of a sweet romance than anything else. I still understand those two, but now just a bit too little.
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Nicholas Sparks is the king of kitsch among women's novels, and his adaptations are exactly that. This one is at least somewhat elevated by a reasonably capable Amanda Seyfried, but Channing Tatum can't seem to work his facial muscles and walks around like a dummy for the entire film. On paper, it may be less appalling, although I don't put much faith in that either. An implausible exaggerated story with so many tear-jerking decoys...
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Solid entertainment. There are no stupid romantic clichés , the people behind this film understood that if they were going for a romantic plot with a missing comedic undertone and they wanted it to be watchable, they needed to reflect on the whole thing a bit. It’s very similar with the casting of the main roles, it worked out quite well, especially in the case of Channing Tatum – he’s getting better every day. Occasionally, the film is slightly predictable, but it can be endured. Fortunately, it’s not lacking intelligence, though don’t expect anything groundbreaking, it is still Hallström, after all. He knows how to play with emotions in a very classic way that may be slightly derivative, but still has an impact.
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Nicholas Sparks is a certainty. You always know you're going to get something touching that also tries to tell a pretty interesting story. Unfortunately, the fact that Channing's character is a soldier here is completely unnecessary; he could just as well be an international businessman. But the characters and their relationships are interesting enough to captivate you.
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