here in australia night in rodanthe be be promote in the same class a the notebook . quite frankly what a lot of rot . this film be a like a recipe . on paper we have all the right ingredient . richard gere normally perfect in this genre and diane lane an old favourite from under tuscan sun and unfaithful and ocean side location and solitude and yet the movie suck . at the session we go to yesterday afternoon a woman next to my wife fell asleep and half way through the movie get up and leave . the main problem be there be no build up or credibility to the relationship in the first place . and perhaps there be too many long face and downbeat if you like history that gere and lane character bring to the movie . there hour of those balance out with perhaps 5 minute of what we can to see . romance . there no warmth from gere character and lane look dreadful at the start of the movie and all wash out . so a the viewer we can not really connect to the character . others here say the book be great . well be it the screenplay and direction or production someone here have make a real mess of this movie . it like the scene and the buildup be a deck of card except instead of be in the correct order they have just be throw together all over the place . very disappointing . save your money for when it hit the video shop and even then wait for a good deal when it go to the weekly rate .