Having never read any of Nicholas Sparks's works, I was unprepared for the plot of this movie. Once that happened, it caught my attention. Up until that point, I tossed and turned in my seat, talking to myself about how miserable this film was. I thought it very weird that a mother of two, going through a marital crisis was acting like a crazy person trying to get her kids ready to visit their dad the morning he was picking them up and she was driving to the North Carolina coast to take care of a friends inn. The friend apparently had business in Miami but later in the movie is found lounging in bed with a hottie drinking wine without a care in the world. Would someone really go to Miami if an impending hurricane was about to hit their home/business which sits 5 inches from the tide. I don't think so! Back to the love birds. I too found myself asking all the questions about why the car and the house came out of the storm unscathed yet everything around them seemed to be a mess. I especially liked the skateboard, bicycle and other household debris scattered on the dunes. Point is this house sits literally by itself on the shoreline with no other houses or busines in sight. So where did all the debris come from? Hmmm? Talk about jumping around. One minute Richard Gere's character wants to be left alone, the next he's sitting in the kitchen stating he does not want to eat alone. Later he decides he needs to leave immediately, enter Diane Lane, an offer of a shot of Jack Daniels and suddenly Richard is smiling, drinking and having a good old time. Everyone knows there is a 50/50 chance of a hurricane hitting. First it is sunny but windy with high surf. Then it gets dark and cloudy with high surf. Then out of the blue, as if no one knew it was coming, the hurricane strikes and all heck breaks loose. The lights go out, the shutters start flapping from the high winds, the house and everything in it starts shaking, things start breaking. The two characters are running up and down the three story house trying to close windows and shutters. At one point, Diane Lane is in her bedroom when her shutters fly open, windows shake, she looks petrified, grabs a flashlight, ooh it looks like the window might break. No, the scene changes and suddenly they are both in the dining room, holding each other in fear and magic strikes, they kiss. Give me a break. This is the corniest movie I have ever seen. I almost got up and left but chose to stick it out and now I am miserable because I did not see the ending coming at all. I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't read the book or seen the movie. Let's just say it is a good thing I had tissue in my purse.

I only wish I could relay my opinion as well as Colin Boyd. He was right on the money when he described this disaster. If I knew then what I know now I would have passed and seen something else. I think he was generous giving it one ape, I don't think it deserved any.

My 27 year old daughter and I went to see Nights in Rodanthe. Both of us Gere and Lane fans we looked forward to an enjoyable movie. It was awful. Beyond awful. We laughed with amazment at the absurdity of what an audiance was supposed to find entertaining. Poorly written and edited it was past bad to just being silly. As a mother, artist and having been through a divorce myself it was not only unbelieveable but ridiculous. Neither of us had read the book or knew the story past previews yet could predict the trite sequence of events. There was nothing of surprise except for perhaps the kiss off the end of the pier at the end...what was that about? Don't waste your money.

I went into this movie having very high expectations and I was very let down. The actors are gorgeous and they do a good job of steaming up really lame love scenes. The way this movie was filmed was horrible. It was so cheesy and sappy. How do you fall desperately in love with someone you've known for 4 days? They could have probably made a cool horror movie out of this. Two complete strangers who are stranded in a house during a bad storm....that would have been more entertaining than this. There were some cuddly kissing scenes during the storm. That was it. They did a good job of making a kissing scene somewhat steamy. This was something, I'm sure if you are 60+, you would have found entertaining. Listening to them talk about their kids half the movie (so tediously boring) is not my idea of a good romance movie. This was nothing like "The Notebook". The previews completely lied on this movie making it look like some wonderful love story. The ending was beyond depressing (I don't want to spoil it) and leaves you feeling very bummed out. All in all this was a lame, made-for-the-women's-network-on-tv type of movie. The only difference is you have a flawless Richard Gere and Diane Lane to watch. Gere was the best part of the whole movie.....

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