Dear John

2010
PG-13
1h 48m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

160K

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Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum in Dear John (2010)

A romantic drama about a soldier (Tatum) who falls for a co-ed (Seyfried) while he's home on leave. Their relationship is tested in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks, an event that causes him to re-enlist for service.

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A romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave.A romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave.A romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave.

Director
- Lasse Hallström
Writers
- Jamie Linden
- Nicholas Sparks
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

160K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Lasse Hallström
Writers
- Jamie Linden
- Nicholas Sparks
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 8 nominations

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Trivia
On its opening weekend in the United States, it went to number one, becoming the film to finally end the reign of James Cameron's Avatar (2009), which had sat at the top of the box office for seven consecutive weeks.

Goofs
When John is in Hungary when he hears about 09/11 (as indicated by the signs on/near the coffee shop: Tigris Kavehaz, Muvesz...), and the TV news are in Serbian (even using Cyrillic - not Latin - script). This scene is not necessarily a mistake. Although not well explained in the movie, in the book John was stationed in Kosovo. He could simply have been standing outside a Hungarian-style coffee shop there, which explains the Hungarian language on the store front. Serbian is recognized as an official language of Kosovo, which explains the TV news being in Serbian.

Quotes
John Tyree: No matter where you are in the world,the moon is never bigger than your thumb.

Connections
Featured in Trailer Failure: Dear John, The Squeakquel and Bad Lieutenant (2009)

Soundtracks
Amber
Written by Nick Hexum
Performed by 311
Courtesy of Volcano Entertainment III, LLC and The RCA/Jive Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

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6/10

I really want to love it but there's something iffy

I love Lasse Hallström. I love Channing Tatum. Amanda Seyfried is alright, and the book is one of my favorites. But there's something about this movie that is just.. off? I can't put my finger on what it is, but regardless of having all the right components of being a romantic classic, it's just not. It could be the tempo, the conversations, lack of charm and humour (even when jokes are made), or perhaps their chemistry - but it's something not working for me. However, I've probably seen it more than ten times. Needless to say, it's not a bad movie, definitely deserving watching, and it's romantically sexy, but it's unfortunately not magical like the book.