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.
Acting
McAdams and Gosling's chemistry is so potent it sparked real-life dating rumors.
Cinematography
Golden-hour South Carolina beauty that makes you want to renovate a farmhouse.
Score
Aaron Zigman's strings manipulate your tear ducts with surgical precision.
Director
Nick Cassavetes
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
Jennifer Echols
Nurse Selma
Heather Wahlquist
Sara Tuffington
Cullen Moss
Bodee
Thunderbird Dinwiddie
Veronica
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams actually dated for two years after filming, then briefly again in 2008—proving the chemistry wasn't acting.
The rain-soaked kiss scene has been parodied endlessly, but was shot in freezing temperatures with Gosling and McAdams genuinely shivering between takes.
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