If the story is a dreary one, it is elevated by the star brio of Gere and Lane.
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10/18/08
Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
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Reviews Counted:125
Fresh:38
Rotten:87
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: Derivative and schmaltzy, Nicholas Sparks' Nights in Rodanthe is strongly mottled by contrivances that even the charisma of stars Diane Lane and Richard Gere can't repair.
Theatrical Release:10-10-2008
Synopsis: Diane Lane and Richard Gere team up for the third time (after COTTON CLUB and UNFAITHFUL) for this three-hankie romance based on a Nicholas Sparks novel. Adrienne Willis (Lane) feels her life... [More]
Starring: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Scott Glenn, Christopher Meloni
Director: George C Wolfe
Reviews for Nights in Rodanthe
Lane and Gear ensure that Nights in Rodanthe is never less than watchable, but it's scuppered by an overly sentimental script and fails to deliver the required emotional punch.
10/10/08
The word formulaic doesn’t quite cover it, but our two leads just about hold their heads above a tidal surge of sappy plotting, contrived dialogue and choppy editing.
10/10/08
There is nothing new here – but taking the film on face value, everything that needs to be done right is spot on.
10/10/08
It ticks the right boxes to be a hit - the tear jerking aspect being key to the word of mouth - but it's a movie that rarely breaks out of it's average confines.
10/10/08
I'd hoped the lathered-up romanticism of Nights in Rodanthe would stop me from thinking about the awfulness of what's going on in the world. It didn't; it compounded it.
10/10/08
Top CriticIndoors, there is elegant if unconvincing emotional drama you can see coming from half a mile down the beach, with very little com to lighten the rom.
10/10/08
Top CriticAs homespun as a crocheted teacosy; as folksy as an heirloom patchwork quilt and as manufactured as reproduction Shaker furniture – that’s Nights in Rodanthe.
10/10/08
Top CriticJust about provides the goods as a romantic weepie but not the best Sparks adaptation.
10/10/08
Top CriticBroadway director George C Wolfe’s inexperience with visual storytelling makes everything go with a clunk. Shame.
10/10/08
Top CriticIt’s like The Bridges Of Madison County with more shouting, only not nearly as good. No surprises whatsoever, but nice scenery, attractive stars and another credible, affecting performance from Lane that hoiks it up an extra star.
10/10/08
Top CriticRichard Gere's latest is the sort of weepy that gets shown on daytime TV in between the over-50s life insurance ads.
10/09/08
This involving movie ultimately succumbs to a severe case of the weepies, as we know it must
10/05/08
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04/23/09
A movie that looks and sounds a whole lot bigger than it actually is.
03/04/09
While it may be discerned as more a vehicle for the actors' reunion than a creative gem, the contributive factor to its attractiveness is the chemistry of the match.
02/15/09
Even if you are rooting for this film to succeed, you find yourself sitting through the tear-jerking part of the movie without feeling terribly wrapped up in it.
02/10/09
Nights in Rodanthe is the cinematic equivalent of a Harlequin novel with a pack of tissues shoved into the back cover.
02/09/09
The actors once again work well together, but they should have quit when they were ahead.
02/05/09
Diane Lane and the Tuscan countryside prove to be a more dynamic duo than Diane Lane and the Outer Banks.
11/26/08
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