The Best of Me (2014)

Release date: 2014-10-17
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Michael Hoffman
Production Co: DiNovi Pictures, Relativity Media
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: 6.7/10
Length: 1h 58min

Storyline

Amanda and Dawson are soul mates who met as teens and were from different backgrounds. But circumstances would force them to part ways. 20 years later they are brought back together by the passing of a mutual friend. So they go back home to fulfill his final wishes and they run into each other. While Amanda is married, albeit unhappily, she still has feelings for Dawson but can't forgive him for pushing her away.

Plot Keywords

heart transplant, cheating wife, adultery, infidelity, based on novel, teenage love, abusive father, accidental shooting, ex lover, unhappy marriage

Short Review

There's something heavy-handed, even for Sparks, in the telling of the couple's story, particularly when it comes to Dawson's family: they are leering, brutal embodiments of evil who function as handy plot devices.