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The Notebook
2004
· Movie
· 123 min
B
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1434
- IMDb #516
- Google retired #258
- Rotten Tomatoes #2422
- Metacritic #2441
- Letterboxd #822
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3550
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1059
- Metacritic Critics #3099
- Metacritic Audience #1169
- Criticker #1700
- Douban #280
- Kinopoisk #84
- AlloCiné #217
- Trakt #222
Every rating
49–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 49, highest is Google on 94. Critics average 54, everyone else 79.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In 1940s South Carolina, a poor yet passionate young man falls in love with a rich young woman. Their summer romance is quickly and fiercely passionate, but they are soon separated by their class differences and the outbreak of World War II. When she returns to town years later with another man, the story of their powerful connection is recounted from a notebook read in the present day to an elderly woman.
Details
- Director
- Nick Cassavetes
- Writers
- Jan Sardi, Jeremy Leven
- Based on
- The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
- Studio
- New Line Cinema, Avery Pix, Gran Via Productions
- Released
- 25 June 2004
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $29.0M
- Box office
- $115.6M
- Awards
- 10 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2005 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | James Garner | Nominee |
| Artios Awards 2005 | Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Feature Film, Drama | Matthew Barry and Nancy Green-Keyes | Nominee |
| Golden Satellite Awards 2005 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Gena Rowlands | Winner |
| MTV Movie Awards 2005 | Best Female Performance | Rachel McAdams | Nominee |
| MTV Movie Awards 2005 | Best Kiss | Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling | Winner |
| Teen Choice Awards 2005 | Choice Movie Love Scene | Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling | Winner |
| Teen Choice Awards 2005 | Choice Movie Breakout Performance – Male | Ryan Gosling | Winner |
| Teen Choice Awards 2005 | Choice Movie Chemistry | Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling | Winner |
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Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | James Garner | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
10 nominations, 8 won
| Choice Date Movie | Winner | |
| Choice Movie Actor – Drama | Ryan Gosling | Winner |
| Choice Movie Actress – Drama | Rachel McAdams | Winner |
| Choice Movie Breakout Performance – Male | Ryan Gosling | Winner |
| Choice Movie Chemistry | Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling | Winner |
| Choice Movie Drama | Winner | |
| Choice Movie Liplock | Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling | Winner |
| Choice Movie Love Scene | Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling | Winner |
| Choice Breakout Movie Actress | Rachel McAdams | Nominee |
| Choice Movie of the Summer | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Kiss | Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling | Winner |
| Best Female Performance | Rachel McAdams | Nominee |
Golden Satellite Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Gena Rowlands | Winner |
Artios Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Feature Film, Drama | Matthew Barry and Nancy Green-Keyes | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
1 nomination
| Best Romance | Nominee |