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Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘The Notebook’: So What If It’s a ‘Tear-Jerker’?

PG-13 | 2h 3m | Romance | June 25, 2004 “The Notebook.” Rotten Tomatoes critics: 53, audience: 85. What? Are you kidding me? Few things drive me up a wall these days more than ridiculous Rotten Tomatoes critic/audience opinion-skews, when you can drive a Mack truck between them. Because somebody’s clearly out of touch and missing the point….


Theater Review: ‘The Notebook’: Love Over a Lifetime

CHICAGO—Romance is always appealing to young lovers, but when love spans a lifetime, it will appeal to everyone of all ages. Such is the case with “The Notebook,” the gripping, enchanting new musical that opened at Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, and is bound for Broadway. The musical, adapted from Nicholas Spark’s 1996 novel, tells…