Nights in Rodanthe

Nights in Rodanthe is your ultimate romance movie, it’s not a romantic-comedy, it is a true romance. The movie stars Richard Gere and Diane Lane. Lane is a recent divorcee taking care of her friends beachside B&B. Gere is a brilliant doctor with a past who happens to be the B&B’s only guest. The two share walks on the beach and late-night dinner conversations and soon a romance begins to blossom.

At times I felt the movie was trying to make me cry, which only kept the tears at bay. The over-dramatic acting and storyline got to a point where it was uncomfortable to watch. The one redeeming quality, however, was that the movie was able to capture the essence of love between two people who are outside their twenties. It portrayed two 40-somethings as capable of having a passionate, compatible, emotional relationship that is sustaining.

Missy Cinema Score: C