While visiting Andy’s parents last weekend, we always take in a movie. We were thinking about Body of Lies, but I really wanted to see Nights in Rodanthe and so did Andy’s mother. Through no real true coniving, I actually got my way. We had been shopping early in the day and when we got back, I decided to take a little nap. Well my nap became 2 hours, so had 2 choices of movies and I declared I wanted to watch something other than Body of Lies.
Nights in Rodanthe is a movie based on a Nicholas Sparks book. If you have seen The Notebook or A Walk to Remember, this movie has similar themes. The story is about a mother of two (played by Diane Lane) seperated with her husband goes to watch a friend’s bed and breakfast for the weekend. It is off season–hurricaine season, so there is only going to be one guest, (Richard Gere). Richard is in Rodanthe to talk to someone. While he is there, their characters form a bond. (Andy says it is so unbelievable and he didn’t feel or see the chemistry. Diane Lane and Richard Gere just ooze chemistry when they are on screen together.) They become closer doing a hurricaine and then go back to their lives, Samsonite luggage and all. But they are both changed for the better.
Basically, its a love story, mixed with family and grief. If you expect to leave the movie happy, don’t. It is a movie that depicts real life, it isn’t always perfect and things happen you can not control. But love can do anything.

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