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Nights in Rodanthe

  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
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Richard Gere and Diane Lane in Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
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A doctor, who is travelling to see his estranged son, sparks with an unhappily married woman at a North Carolina inn.A doctor, who is travelling to see his estranged son, sparks with an unhappily married woman at a North Carolina inn.A doctor, who is travelling to see his estranged son, sparks with an unhappily married woman at a North Carolina inn.

  • Director
    • George C. Wolfe
  • Writers
    • Ann Peacock
    • John Romano
    • Nicholas Sparks
  • Stars
    • Diane Lane
    • Richard Gere
    • Christopher Meloni
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    27K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • George C. Wolfe
    • Writers
      • Ann Peacock
      • John Romano
      • Nicholas Sparks
    • Stars
      • Diane Lane
      • Richard Gere
      • Christopher Meloni
    • 128User reviews
    • 129Critic reviews
    • 39Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Diane Lane
    Diane Lane
    • Adrienne
    Richard Gere
    Richard Gere
    • Paul
    Christopher Meloni
    Christopher Meloni
    • Jack
    Viola Davis
    Viola Davis
    • Jean
    Becky Ann Baker
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    • Dot
    Scott Glenn
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    • Robert Torrelson
    Linda Molloy
    • Jill Torrelson
    Pablo Schreiber
    Pablo Schreiber
    • Charlie Torrelson
    Mae Whitman
    Mae Whitman
    • Amanda Willis
    Charlie Tahan
    Charlie Tahan
    • Danny Willis
    Carolyn McCormick
    Carolyn McCormick
    • Jenny
    Ted Manson
    Ted Manson
    • Old Gus
    Ato Essandoh
    Ato Essandoh
    • Jean's Lover
    Terri Denise Johnson
    • Medical Resident
    Jessica Lucas
    • Admiring Nurse
    Marisela Ramirez
    • Ecuadorian Patient
    Kimberly Sauls
    • Pregnant Woman
    Irene Ziegler
    Irene Ziegler
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    • Director
      • George C. Wolfe
    • Writers
      • Ann Peacock
      • John Romano
      • Nicholas Sparks
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    7MonaLisa926

    Nicholas Sparks needs some Prozac

    WTF!! Do any of his books/movies end in a happy ending?? The Notebook was good...but sheesh, enough with the depressing endings already. I'm told that he writes about realistic situations that people deal with in real life. Understandable...but sometimes it's nice to see people who have sacrificed their whole lives to only get to a mediocre unhappy time in their lives - to finally find the true meaning of happiness and are able to live it out for the rest of their days. Don't we already know what really happens in real life? Can't we - for one moment (an hour and a half) live vicariously through a movie that ends on a happy note - that gives us hope for our own futures???

    Yeah - wah. I know. But for real, I think we need to preface movies that end like this one with a warning. "Beware: No happy ending."
    Otoboke

    Nights in Rodanthe isn't a night to remember by any means.

    Starting off with a promising first act with lightly interesting and developed characters, rich in personality and with hints of chemistry between the two love interests, Nights in Rodanthe is a train wreck if ever there was on; giving meaning to the fact that even if a movie starts out well, it can end up in the gutter pretty quickly. Following on from the opening, the movie then resorts to cheap melodramatic contrivances, and demeans both its characters and performers by negating their roles to mere romantic plot devices used to set up act three's ridiculously sappy ending. The middle act, which finds both characters slowly falling for each other, isn't all that bad, and while it does get irksome towards the end, even such a closing would have saved the movie from being a complete disaster. Nevertheless, with a few moments of interest, usually inherent in the performance of Gere, Nights in Rodanthe isn't without its positives, but you certainly have to do a lot of looking to find them.

    As a romantic drama, Nights tries to do one thing and one thing only and that is to make with the mushy. Director George C. Wolfe in his big screen debut here opts to take this to an extreme however, and even goes to the point of rejecting any focus at all on characters past the half-way mark. After this point, Nights in Rodanthe turns into a holiday from hell. Mawkish, banal and overly pretentious, both Wolfe and the writers here adopt a tone of whimsy light-headedness that often clashes with the story's much more serious (at least, that's what it tries to be) subplot involving a death caused by one of these characters. What's more annoying is that the movie's earlier sequences, which although clearly unfocused and seemingly directionless, at least had some humanity present in its central figures, these earlier moments of promise are forgotten. After forty minutes or so, all that's left for Wolfe to do is to drag on the romance as far as he can to the point where we're no longer watching real people fall in love, we're simply watching an outline for a romance movie. Character A and Character B going through the motions… Yawn. Haven't we done this before? To be fair both performers try and make the best of their undoubtedly tricky situation. Throughout there are moments of genuine chemistry between both Gere and Lane, and while the romance isn't exactly palpable enough to sustain much interest past the halfway mark, they at least keep the thing going as best as they can. Essentially however you get the feeling that both would rather be somewhere else; in between these instances of chemistry are scenes which fail to deliver any emotion whatsoever, even though the director seems sure that what he's doing is going to get your eyes watery. The truth is, Nights in Rodanthe is a sappy, overly emotional romantic drama; so much so that it's absurd. I can't feel for these people and I can't feel for their petty outbreaks of self-loathing angst. When I begin arguing with characters in my head whilst I'm obviously supposed to be feeling pity for them, I disconnect; it's over. Stop trying to engage me. This happened an hour into Nights in Rodanthe, and although I could have been won back, sadly it only gets worse from there.

    It's hard to see why anyone would enjoy such a film. Sure enough if you're a major fan of "weepies", for some reason enjoy watching people cry a lot and don't mind romance that feels generic and predictable then you might just get something from Nights, but even then you'll probably feel under-whelmed. There's no denying I had hope for this film; with Gere and Lane helming what looked to be a mature love story, I figured the worst that could happen would be if I was subjected to a teaspoon of fairy tale whimsy. Unfortunately however, I did get that, and I also got a shallow, unremarkable feature that was essentially a few scenes drawn out far too long with a third act that wasn't necessary or even enjoyable in the slightest. Some decent individual performances throughout, but with limited chemistry and an overwritten, overly romanticised script, Nights in Rodanthe isn't a night to remember by any means.

    • A review by Jamie Robert Ward (http://www.invocus.net)
    5intelearts

    All the parts but not sum of the whole

    I personally think this is the most difficult genre to pull off - romance has to create some magical reality, and some plausibility: we have to believe it could , would happen to them and to us.

    Nights partially succeeds in creating some atmosphere and some nice scenes but fails to ignite into magical.

    Instead what we get is just too rushed and uses too many clichés - every scene feels like it came from somewhere else - and the sparks are somehow not fireworks but squibs.

    It cannot decide whether to be gentle and meditative and mature, or to be unabashedly full-on.

    All in all it will be a box office winner given the stars and the lack of other material of its kind - but really this is no classic.
    8screenwriter-14

    And who said romance is over???

    NIGHTS IN RODANTHE brings back to the screen two talented actors in Diane Lane and Richard Gere in a simply beautiful story of a man and a woman hungry for something more in their lives than they have at present. The chemistry between Lane and Gere is magical from the first scene in the film to their last embrace. The locations, beauty of their attraction for one another when it unfolds when they first meet, and the story that follows, and as they begin to know each other with the attraction they feel towards each other is real, is romance that is projected to an audience with tender care. James Franco in another micro role is just the right casting, and the elegance of Lane in combination with the beach house, is a true Fall 2008 film to remember forever, as was THE NOTEBOOK.
    rogerdarlington

    Not so bad as some have suggested

    Terrible title for a movie that is not nearly as terrible as some critics have suggested. At a time when there are so many romantic comedies aimed at young viewers, it's no bad thing to have the occasional romantic story that eschews humour and involves characters in middle age - think something along the lines of "Bridges Of Madison County" (both are based on novels).

    The (goodlooking) stars are Richard Gere, as a doctor seeking to establish a new relationship with his estranged son in Latin America, and Diane Lane, a mother in a deeply unhappy marriage considering whether to abandon it. The (unusual) setting is the Outer Banks of North Carolina at a time of year when hurricanes are threatened. At times, it's a little silly and sentimental but still worth an evening in front of the television if not a visit to the cinema.

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    • Trivia
      As of 2013, the house has been renamed "The Inn at Rodanthe" and completely refurbished to more closely resemble the interior movie scenes which were filmed elsewhere in North Carolina. Sun Realty manages the property and has extensive photographs of the interior, particularly the blue bedroom in which Richard Gere's character stays while visiting. The unique shutter doors into the kitchen have also been re-created as have the various shutters, porches, and exterior details.
    • Goofs
      The wild horses do not exist where the movie takes place. They are actually about 60 miles north near Corolla. They would have to swim across a wide inlet to get to Rodanthe from Corolla. Another herd of these wild horses is on Ocracoke Island, about 35 miles south, but are penned in for their protection. Another herd of these wild horses are located on the Cape Lookout National Seashore, and freely roam between Cape Lookout, Shackleford Banks, and Carrot Island, near Beaufort, NC.
    • Quotes

      Adrienne Willis: I know you've only ever known your father and me. And I love Jack, because he is your father. But there's another kind of love, Amanda. One that gives you the courage to be better than you are, not less than you are. One that makes you feel that anything is possible. I want you to know that you could have that. I want you to hold out for it.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Episode #5.38 (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Every Direction
      Written by Daniel J. Peterson and Michael David King

      Performed by Vivasect

      Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation

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    • Release date
      • September 26, 2008 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Australia
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Japan)
      • Official site (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Đêm Thiên Đường
    • Filming locations
      • Village of Rodanthe, Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Village Roadshow Pictures
      • DiNovi Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $30,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $41,850,659
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $13,418,454
      • Sep 28, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $84,375,346
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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