Dear John (2010 film)
- Channing Tatum John Tyree
- Amanda Seyfried: Savannah Curtis
- Richard Jenkins: Mr. Tyree
- Henry Thomas: Tim Wheddon
- Keith Robinson: Captain Stone
- Scott Porter: Randy
- David Andrews: Mr. Curtis
Dear John ( Dear John ) is a native of the 2010 film adaptation of the best-selling novel by Nicholas Sparks. The main characters are Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum act, directed by Lasse Hallström.
Action
The young Savannah Curtis met during their semester break the soldier John Tyree. John is currently on leave and visited his father. Savannah and John fall in love, but have only two weeks to to college and he must return to his base in Germany. During this time John also Tim learns a friend Savannah and his son know and becomes friends with them. John is still under a year in the military and promises Savannah, then coming back for more. The two want to keep in contact and write each other letters.
Due to the September 11 attacks, John decides, contrary to his promise to extend for a further two years. Savannah gives in and the two continued to write. John is stationed at this time in Afghanistan. It takes two months without a letter from Savannah. With her next letter she ended the relationship and shares with John that she is engaged to another man.
John is then destroyed on the ground and concentrating on his duties in the military. Several years before, he must return home because his father had a stroke. The father eventually dies and John has his affairs.
He drives to Savannah home to tell her about his father, whom they liked very much. He is disappointed by their reunion, as it is not the fun-loving, confident and idealistic Savannah, which he has come to know. He accuses her that she has made in a letter up with him rather than at least use the satellite phone. She replied that she could not have done if she had heard his voice. Contrary to expectations Johns Savannah has her cancer-stricken friend Tim married in order to help him and help him with his autistic son can. After this confession, they embrace and remember their time together. When they parted, John can not tell her goodbye as she wishes. Both suffer from the situation.
John is back in action and receives a letter from Savannah again. She tells him that Tim has died and she is sure that she and John will meet again.
In the last scene, they meet on the road again, whether agreed or accidental, is unclear. They both smile and fall into each other 's arms.
Soundtrack
Differences from the book
Savannah has blonde in the film, in the book but brown hair. At the end of the book Tim does not die, but can fight cancer by donations from John. Savannah and John did not meet at the end; John realizes that he can never be with Savannah again. The book ends with the fact that it sits on a hill behind the farm of Savannah and she - without being noticed by it - observed. In the book, Tim is Alan 's brother, not his son.
Synchronization
The film was dubbed in Cinephon synchronous in Berlin, for dialogue book and ruling drew Hilke Flickenschildt responsible.
Reviews
" Consistently avoids " Dear John " and any confrontation with the realities of war. Only in the moment of greatest despair Johns after Savannah writing gives him the run pass, the film contrasts the leisurely narrative with a brief melee scene, is wounded in the John. Moreover, the war in Hallström's film is mainly drawn by a raised patriotism, which exudes a glossy tableaux soldiers romance and so the separation of the lovers imprints the conservative note fateful inevitability. "
" Savannah is always benevolent angel who selflessly takes care of the autistic neighbor's son and socially engaged. And John is the good soldier, the fatherland obligations is about his private happiness. Also director Hallström, with " The Cider contribution" nor Oscar - course, this does not fall much more a than long walks on the beach or sensitive conversations around the campfire and so draws a nostalgic soft-focus vision of the good America, where faith, family and Patriotism irrefutable values are. "
"With this schmaltzy romance Lasse Hallström sinks to the lowest point of his career."
" Exciting is Richard Jenkins as John's autistic father, who is incapable of his son to show his feelings and therefore provides some grip to the handkerchief. Nevertheless Hallstrom holds the ball rather flat and staged scenes with gefühlige understatement. , A fine -jerker with beautiful ingredients "