The movie follows two high school lovers who are thrown into a point of separation when circumstance comes way beyond their capacity.
22 July 1969, Austin, Texas, USA
7 April 1952, New York City, New York, USA
20 August 1995, Galveston, Texas, USA
1957, Snyder, Texas, USA
8 July 1982, Los Angeles, California, USA
28 July 1959, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
19 October 1954, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
February 28, 2015
You know what to expect: a star-crossed romance for lovers from different worlds, kisses in the rain, moonlight swims, fateful separations and the tragic death of at least one leading character.
October 17, 2014
At a certain point ... the coincidences and tragic incidents start to pile up at a startling rate and nothing can be taken seriously.
October 17, 2014
For all of the eventfulness it jams into a (poorly edited) two-hour package, The Best Of Me ends up extracting the best of absolutely no one.
October 17, 2014
The melodrama feels so hurried and half-baked that the end result isn't just disappointing. It's borderline infuriating.
October 17, 2014
As a drama, it fails, but the camp value is high, making it more fun than your average would-be weeper. It's silly, but at least it's not a slog.
October 31, 2014
The Best of Me turns into a half-baked dramatic thriller, with violent confrontations, gunfights, plenty of nasty characters and one big scary action scene.
October 31, 2014
This film could be a real tearjerker for Sparks fans; everyone else may find it tough to stomach.
November 01, 2014
I would be amazed to hear even the most ardent Sparks fan defend it as anything more than rubbish.
January 09, 2015
The Best of Me's chemistry lives in the idea of a second chance at first love - would you take it if you could? - but not between the actors, unfortunately.
October 29, 2014
There's something heavy-handed, even for Sparks, in the telling of the couple's story, particularly when it comes to Dawson's family: they are leering, brutal embodiments of evil who function as handy plot devices.
October 17, 2014
The sunlight is golden, the accent's rural (this one's set in Louisiana), people die, sagacious letters are read aloud.
October 17, 2014
Interminably long, dragging out its molasses heart through what seem like three different endings.
