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Dear John
MEANRANK
58/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4253
- IMDb #3880
- Google retired #2627
- Rotten Tomatoes #4183
- Metacritic #4056
- Letterboxd #4260
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4790
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3661
- Metacritic Critics #4016
- Metacritic Audience #3825
- Criticker #3527
- Douban #1638
- Kinopoisk #1822
- AlloCiné #2109
- Trakt #2667
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 28, highest is Google on 80. Critics average 36, everyone else 63.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A conservative college student and a rebellious soldier on leave fall deeply in love during two idyllic weeks together. They promise to write to each other when he deploys overseas. Their relationship is sustained through a continuous stream of heartfelt letters. However, the distance and the passage of time begin to strain their connection, testing the strength of their love against the realities of their separate lives.
Details
- Director
- Lasse Hallström
- Writer
- Jamie Linden
- Based on
- Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
- Released
- 4 February 2010
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $25.0M
- Box office
- $115.0M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 7 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 11 →4 wins from 11 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2011 | Top Box Office Films | Winner | |
| CinEuphoria Awards 2011 | Best Actor – International Competition | Winner | |
| CinEuphoria Awards 2011 | Top Ten of the Year – International Competition | Winner | |
| CinEuphoria Awards 2011 | Top Ten of the Year – Audience Award | Winner | |
| People's Choice Awards 2011 | Favorite Drama Movie | Nominee | |
| MTV Movie Awards 2010 | Best Male Performance | Nominee | |
| MTV Movie Awards 2010 | Best Female Performance | Nominee | |
| Teen Choice Awards 2010 | Choice Movie: Chemistry | Nominee |
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×| Best Actor – International Competition | Winner | |
| Top Ten of the Year – Audience Award | Winner | |
| Top Ten of the Year – International Competition | Winner |
| Top Box Office Films | Winner |
| Choice Movie Actor: Drama | Nominee | |
| Choice Movie Actress: Drama | Nominee | |
| Choice Movie: Chemistry | Nominee | |
| Choice Movie: Drama | Nominee |
| Best Female Performance | Nominee | |
| Best Male Performance | Nominee |
| Favorite Drama Movie | Nominee |