an old man sits in a nursing home reading to an old lady the story of two young lovers named allie hamilton and noah calhoun. They met one evening at a carnival many years ago, allies parents seperate allie and noah as they dissaprove of his and his familys lack of wealth. Seeing that allies love for him is strong they upsticks and move away to make sure the youngsters have no more contact with each other.
After waiting for several years for noah to write to her allie meets and becomes engaged to a handsome young soldier named lon, shortly after however in a local newspaper noahs picture grabs her attention. He is standing outside a fully restored 200 year old house, and the article is filled with praise for his accomplishments.
Allies heart nearly bursts , the last time she saw this old house she stood at the door way listening to noahs plans to restore it and for the two of them to live their and raise a family together. Now here it was restored to exactly how she had told noah she would like it.
With her love for noah still alive in her heart, the picture brings her to tears and she has to return to see noah and make sure he is ok and to tell her of her plans to marry.
They both think that the echo in their hearts of how they longed for the other for all these years is not shared, however on meeting once again a cry from inside that neither can stifle is at last released, ( it was never over for me ) !
the cast ---------------
Tim Ivey ... Rower Gena Rowlands ... Allie Calhoun Starletta DuPois ... Nurse Esther James Garner ... Duke Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas ... Nurse Keith Ed Grady ... Harry Renée Amber ... Nurse at Counter Jennifer Echols ... Nurse Selma Geoffrey Knight ... Barker Kevin Connolly ... Fin Ryan Gosling ... Noah Calhoun Heather Wahlquist ... Sara Tuffington Rachel McAdams ... Allie Hamilton Andrew Schaff ... Matthew Jamison III
the dvd ( the uk widescreen ) ----------------------------------------------
certificate: 12 run time: aprox 120 mins language: english ratio: widescreen audio: dolby digital 5.1
extras: commentary by director nick cassavetes 12 deleted scenes with optional commentary all in the family: a nick cassavetes featurette casting racheal and ryan featurette rachel mcadams screen test.
my views -----------------
i sat down to watch this film knowing nothing about it other than my fiances mum telling me it would have me in tears, how right she was.
as the story of these youngsters so cruelly torn apart while so clearly in love unfolds i found my self reaching for hankie after hankie and by the time this dramatic movie had ended i was in uncontrolable floods of tears.
a real master piece of a movie which is suitable for any one over the age of 12 but will be enjoyed by those of us old enough to have been in love more.
its a must watch movie even for you big hard hearted men out there, go on put yourself to the test, i challenge you to watch this and not to shed a tear!
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