The Choice (2016)
Nicholas Sparks. A name that makes publishers and film critics go weak at the knees, but for different reasons. His books sell millions; ten of them have already been filmed The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John . The 11th is like the others: maudlin, manipulative and nauseating in its folksy wholesomeness.
Some call them romances. I prefer overdressed weepy vehicles for lazy plots and easy sentiment. Even worse, most of have made a lot of money, proving that you can fool some of the people all of the time. The casting is classier than the actual films "Ryan Gosling in The Notebook, for example, or Paul Newman and Robin Wright in Message in a Bottle" .The spectacularly gorgeous Australian actress Teresa Palmer plays Gabby Holland, vivacious and feisty American medical student who rents a beautiful house on one of the inlets near the beach, right on the water. She's cramming for exams while working at the local hospital alongside her sweetheart, Dr Ryan McCarthy (Tom Welling). We know something is wrong from the kick-off, as the prologue has another guy walking into the hospital carrying a bunch of flowers. His voice-over is about a really hard decision he has to make. It's only scene one and he is thinking about turning off someone's life support.See more >>
