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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Salesrank: 30806
Released: January 30, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Emmy Award winner Christina Applegate stars in this unforgettable love story from the acclaimed bestseller by James Patterson (Kiss the Girls, Along Came a Spider). For New York City book editor Kate Wilkinson (Kathleen Rose Perkins), the perfect man has finally arrived in handsome author Matt Harrison (Johnathon Schaech). But on the most important night of their relationship, Matt ends their affair without explanation. Soon after, a devastated Kate receives a package from Matt containing a diary written by his departed wife Suzanne (Christina Applegate) to their son. As Kate reads it, she learns of the Martha's Vineyard marriage between the housepainter who dreams of being a writer and the woman doctor with a scarred heart who yearns to be a mother. It is a tender and haunting story of passion and loss, of holding on and letting go, and of the tragic secret that waits within Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas.
James Patterson's Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas Reviews:
great movie 
2009-08-22 - The movie was great.Yes it did had it's slow moments but for those of you who haven't seen the movie it takes time to get into the story.I will not reveal the ending but all I have to say is James Patterson wrote a great story.
Can there be such thing as a 10 star rating?
2008-11-11 - Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas is one of the best tearjerkers you've got to watch! A year ago I had read the book and cried my eyes out. Knowing the story did not prepare me for another 'waterfall'! You cannot help yourself; you will get sucked into this story and you can't escape it until it's over! At first, I wasn't sure if I wanted to watch the movie, because I had my doupts about Christina Applegate playing Suzanne, but I am impressed! She is perfect for this role. Anyone who watches this movie and keep a dry eye doesn't have a heart! This movie clearly deserves more than 5 stars!!!
Recommended for romantics or anyone who wants to cry... 
2008-11-04 - I rented this because it looked like a good old-fashioned romantic love story, and I love Christina Applegate. Also, Johnathan Schaech is pretty hot in the smoldering sense. It was completely romantic and chick-flicky, and I really liked it. It's all about letting go of the past and letting yourself heal to move on in life and love.
The whole movie has kind of an overcast sadness, and that's what made me want to watch till the end because I was sure it had to get better. It was light and humorous in several places, though...seeing the romance bloom between Suzanne and Matt was nice and sweet. I got attached to them as a couple.
I had a hard time accepting Matt's new love interest because of Matt and Suzanne's relationship, but in the last scene she redeems herself with the last line of the movie. I do think the ending was kind of rushed, but it did suit the story.
Recommended for romantics everywhere. I've read reviews on here that say it's a pretty good version of the story brought to life so I'm going to read the book soon so I can compare myself.
Not worth your time! 
2007-10-22 - I read Patterson's book based off this story. The book was great and well worth my time reading it. It is a very short book but I grew so fond of the charactors in the book I forgot for a mintue that they were not real.
The movie could not have sucked more. I did not like any of the charactors. They did not follow the book very much. They did not build the charactors up like the book. It was a complete waste of my time.
The ending was sad like the book but not as touching as the book. The build up sucked and I really had a hard time with the love part of it. The actors seemed to hate each other and there was no chemistry whatso ever between them.
I could not have hated this movie any more than I did.
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas 
2007-09-17 - This film is a based on the novel, written by James Patterson of the same name. It's clearly from beginning to end dominated by then Christina Applegate's husband Jonathan Schaech (plays Matt Harrison) and Kathleen Ross Perkins (Kate Wilkinson), with Christina Applegate (Suzanne Bedford, Matt's original wife) completing the ensemble. Primarily placed in contemporary Marth's Vinyard, and having reasonable production values, Suzanne (new town doctor) and Matt (town handyman, house-painter and self-effacing unpublished writer) basically have a peanut butter and jelly style romance, lights-out sex (!#$%$@!), get married and have a baby in that order. Jumping ahead a few years, Matt, who is completely depressed, somehow finds the initiative and has the incredible luck to make it big with a New York publishing house. He then is quickly lassoed by his desperately lonely editor, Kate, who falls in love with him at their first luncheon---even before they're served water, I think. But don't worry, this technically doesn't create a classic love-triangle. Whew! This does get complex. So forget about the plot...
Fundamentally, it's a constant swing between the present and the past, with about twenty, best-fit-possible, flash-backs. Plus, Kathleen Ross Perkins provides a stunning anchor performance. I think Jonathan did his best to play a manic-depressive but he was probably just too confused as to whether he was playing the "then-now-past", "recent-forgotten-past", "historical-past", "recent-future", "present-time-now-timeline", "future-future-present", or what....which would be confusing for anyone!
