• The Best of Me (2014)

    Amanda (Michelle Monaghan) and Dawson (James Marsden) were once high-school sweethearts. They have a bittersweet reunion when they return to their hometown for the funeral of a mutual, beloved friend. Seeing each other again after 20 years apart reignites the love they've never forgotten, but Amanda and Dawson soon discover that the forces that drove them apart when they were younger pose even more threats today. Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks.

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The Best of Me
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Release Date: October 17th, 2014

PG-13 |1 hr 58 min

Plot Summary

Amanda (Michelle Monaghan) and Dawson (James Marsden) were once high-school sweethearts. They have a bittersweet reunion when they return to their hometown for the funeral of a mutual, beloved friend. Seeing each other again after 20 years apart reignites the love they've never forgotten, but Amanda and Dawson soon discover that the forces that drove them apart when they were younger pose even more threats today. Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks.

Cast: Michelle Monaghan, James Marsden, Luke Bracey, Liana Liberato, Gerald McRaney, Caroline Goodall, Clarke Peters, Sebastian Arcelus

Director: Michael Hoffman

Genres: Drama , Romance

Production Co: DiNovi Pictures, Nicholas Sparks Productions, Relativity

Distributors: Relativity Media

Keywords: Father , Friend , Brooding , Sacrifice , 2010s , House , Emotional , Endearing , Love , Death , Pursuit , 1990s ,

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  • 30
    Sheri LindenThe Hollywood Reporter

    Aaron Zigman’s score provides reassuring downhome uplift — perhaps a necessary element in a tale of impossible, perfect love, where everything happens for a reason and is as it should be, even when it’s terrible. show more

  • 30
    James RocchiTheWrap

    The bad news is that no matter how charming or fizzy the chemistry between the actors might be, they're still trapped in the dead, fake melodrama and brainless coincidences of a Nicholas Sparks story. show more

  • 38
    Tirdad DerakhshaniPhiladelphia Inquirer

    The Best of Me is neither worse than his other films nor particularly better. At 118 minutes, it is, however, one of the longest. Interminably long, dragging out its molasses heart through what seem like three different endings. show more

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