Rating of
2/4
Quite an unexpected surprise!
MovieAddict - wrote on 02/18/12
The story is about a college student Savannah (Amanda Seyfried) who accidentally meets a handsome Special Forces John (Channing Tatum) one fine summer on the beach. They enjoy a memorable two weeks together and decide to pursue their long distance romance by writing each other letters. He promises to leave the Army after a year. Alas, 9/11 occurs and he is forced to extend his service indefinitely.
As he stays overseas at war, her letters start coming less frequently. Finally, she sends him a stereotypical "Dear John" letter (what else, give this movie's title?) where she tells him that she is now engaged to another man. Up to this point, everything seems sad but believable. It makes sense that she would move on and marry someone else with him gone for so long, but the reason eventually given just seems ridiculous to me. I think that I would have found Dear John to be more tolerable if I had not just seen Remember Me. It's not an awful movie; it's just … not for me – nor is it for somebody who has "A Walk to Remember" or "The Notebook" as their favorite movies.
