The Notebook is a American romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes , from a screenplay by Jeremy Leven and Jan Sardi , and based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks. Their story is read from a notebook in the present day by an elderly man, telling the tale to a fellow nursing home resident. Despite generally mixed reviews from critics, Gosling and McAdams were singled out for praise for their performances.
At a modern-day nursing home , the elderly Duke reads a romantic story from a notebook to a female patient:. He pursues her, coerces her into dating him, and they begin a romance.
When Allie meets Noah's father Frank Calhoun, he immediately likes her. However, when Noah meets her parents, they disapprove. That night, Noah takes Allie to the abandoned Windsor Plantation, telling her he will buy and restore it. As the sun sets, they start to make love for the first time. Noah's friend Fin interrupts to warn them Allie's parents sent the police out looking for her. When Allie and Noah return to her parents' mansion, Allie's mother Anne makes it clear they are against the relationship and forbid her from seeing him.
Noah leaves and Allie follows, they go back and forth about Allie staying or Noah moving to New York. However, Noah suggests they wait out the summer and see if they will work out.
Allie assumes Noah wants to break it off and they begin to argue, and Allie says she wants to break it off, but then instantly regrets it the moment Noah drives away. The next morning, Anne announces they will be returning to Charleston immediately. Allie seeks Noah to apologize but is unsuccessful, so she asks Fin to tell him she loves him.
