dr. paul flanner ( richard gere ) and a successful surgeon and have his wife leave him and his son ( an uncredited james franco ) not respect him and loose a patient he operate on . adrienne willis ( diane lane ) have two child and discover her husband have cheat on her . they both need to get away . she watch over a beautiful oceanside inn in rodanthe at the same time he book a room . theyre all alone together . you can pretty much figure out the rest . this be what know a a weepie or a woman film . it beautifully shoot with a romantic setting and lot of quiet scene . there tragedy and romance and more tragedy and an uplifting end ( sort of ) . the great acting by gere and lane help disguise the fact that this film isn not really about much . every single bit of the plot be predictable . i roll my eye a lot at some of the event . also it far too short i do not believe the romance between gere and lane for a second . if come out of nowhere and move very quickly . still the movie do work . the inn itself be absolutely gorgeous and i be in tear by the end along with most of the audience . so it a predictable but gorgeous movie with some wonderful acting . it doesn not deserve all the criticism it get . i give it a 7 .