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The Best of Me

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7.5/10 • 2.6K

2014-10-151h 57m

DramaRomance

You never forget your first love.

A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.

Directors
Michael Hoffman
Writters
Will Fetters, J. Mills Goodloe
Editors
Will Fetters, Matt Chessé

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  1. Michelle Monaghan

    Michelle Monaghan

    Amanda Collier

  2. James Marsden

    James Marsden

    Dawson Cole

  3. Luke Bracey

    Luke Bracey

    Younger Dawson Cole

  4. Liana Liberato

    Liana Liberato

    Young Amanda Collier

  5. Gerald McRaney

    Gerald McRaney

    Tuck Hostetler

  6. Caroline Goodall

    Caroline Goodall

    Evelyn

  7. Clarke Peters

    Clarke Peters

    Morgan Dupree

  8. Sebastian Arcelus

    Sebastian Arcelus

    Frank Reynolds

  9. Jon Tenney

    Jon Tenney

    Harvey Collier

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Reno

Dec 4, 2016

6/10

A failed high school romance and one more chance to fix it in the later years. Based on one of the Nicholas Sparks book of the same name. The story of a failed high school romance who meet again later in their lives. But the flashback comes right away after the initial segment to reveal theirs young romance and what made them part away. Between the present and the past, it keeps up the momentum and concludes the tale with a twist. Though you would know mile away what's coming. I did not like all the films based on the stories from the original author. But this one looked okay to me, not so good or too bad. All his films are romance theme, but in this film, that part was very weak. I did not expect that, particularly emotionless when compared to his other flicks. Still, the filmmaking was decent, with the good actors. But the casting was confusing at the beginning for having two sets of actors and then soon it cleared out all the doubts. Kind of supernatural theme, but not a fantasy. Feels a bit long, because the story developments were slow and most of the parts are not interesting. This is not a romance film I was looking for, but different where everything was dragged to the final twist, especially since the accident that happened at the opening. I did not watch it till now, because I did not feel I wanted to after watching its trailer. But I knew some day I would see it and that is now. I don't know what you thought of it, but for me it is an average film. 6/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$26,000,000.00
Revenue
$35,926,213.00
Keywords
high school sweetheart