Movie Review: "The Notebook"

Rating: PG-13

Our Rating: 14 and up, or 10 and up with fast-forwarding

Can Compare Rating To: "Dear John"

Great Review For Parents: http://www.pluggedin.com/videos/2004/Q4/Notebook.aspx    

Pros

• Casting: Overall, great casting, all actors fit their parts :)
• Acting: Well done-no need to expand. 
• Plot: Awesome! But it doesn't give you enough time to be sucked into their lives-but they couldn't do that without making the movie too long. 

Middles

• No middles for this one!

Cons

• There are a few things we cannot talk about here because it isn't "appropriate for younger ages", so we put up the link above that we trust which goes into all the details.
• Language: Not too bad, not PG  but then again not noticeably PG-13; however, we didn't count.
• Drugs/Alcohol: They drink a lot. They also smoke a lot-but its the 20th century-they don't know what it does yet.

Conclusion

• A great movie, but parents need to preview or trust their 14-and-under-children with this kind of a movie before allowing them to watch it. OR learn how to work the fast-forward-er.
• We could add a "Spoiler Alert", but we find its better to just let you watch it yourselves!