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List Price: $35.99 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 9132
Released: February 10, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: Blu-ray |
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Editorial Review:
The stars of Unfaithful rekindle their screen chemistry in this rich tale of hearts' awakenings from the bestseller by Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook, Message in a Bottle). Richard Gere is Paul, a surgeon who long ago unwittingly traded career for family. Diane Lane is Adrienne, a devoted mother trying to move on after her husband's infidelity and struggling with his desire to return to their marriage. At a remote inn on the Outer Banks, both separately expect to do some serious soul-searching. But an approaching storm forces each to turn to the other for strength, setting the stage for a life-resonating romance.
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Nights in Rodanthe (+ BD-Live) [Blu-ray] Reviews:
Nights in Rodanthe 
2009-12-28 - This DVD was delivered promptly in very good condition. It is a great movie which I enjoyed even more since I have visited the house where much of the movie was filmed.
Oh, Those Summer Nights... 
2009-12-13 - People are slamming this romantic drama for being too predictable and sappy. Well, they are right in one sense, but wrong in another. Yes, the film is predictable, but it isn't about the predictability but how characters deal with certain unpredictable things in life. Sappy? Yes, but, again, this deals with certain feelings, provoked and unprovoked, that lay dormant in all of us. There are a range of emotions in this film, from love to bitterness, from anger to forgiveness. There are things in life that will always take us by surprise, and none more so than falling in love with someone then they die before you really have the chance to get to know them. I know from my own experience in life...Yes, I have had something very similar to this happen to me.
I, too, saw the outcome of this coming; but I didn't see the way a certain character was gonna deal with the end result. Fabulous performances all across the board: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Scott Glenn, and Pablo Schreiber all give top-notch performances in this, some roles larger than others; but all important to the overall story.
Critics ravaged this upon release, but luckily I ignored them; and I am so glad I did!
Awesome direction, acting, and some breath taking scenery make this a very pleasant viewing experience. This is on the same par as the two previous films Gere and Lane did together, Francis Coppolla'a "The Cotton Club" (1984) and Adrian Lyne's "Unfaithful" (2002).
Basic plot: A divorced woman (Lane) meets a single doctor (Gere) while he is on vacaton to deal with a greiving father (Glenn) and son (Schreiber). The two fall in love and the rest is, well, for you to see and find out for yourself. Highly recommended!
Thank you. ;o)
Nice Movie 
2009-12-06 - If you are into romance..this is great. I enjoyed the middle of this movie more however as it seems to really capture the meat there. The beginning is a little off until you realize why it is that way in the middle and the end. I did not care for the ending as it puts a capital S in sad. For some however, a new beginning took place...it definitely showed how good things can happen to good people very unexpectedly. Really fast paced movie too. I wish that it had been drawn out a bit more.
Rancid 
2009-11-25 - Just the worst! Totally mechanical, contrived plot -- and the voiceover readings of the love letters as we approach the tragic end -- gag me with a spoon. However, I give this movie one big star, for innoculating me against Nicholas Sparks; I've never read one of his books; I can thank this movie for making sure I never will.
Why isn't James Franco listed in the credits? 
2009-11-16 - I found it quite surprising and interesting that James Franco as
Dr. Fanning's son, Mark, was not listed in the credits at the end of
the movie. The credits list others who had extremely minor walk-on roles but
totally ignore Franco. How can this happen? Is it a huge oversight or
intentional for some reason? Very curious.