Review: In ‘The Notebook’ on Broadway, a love story through time feels real
The 2004 movie “The Notebook,” which starred Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams and tells the story of a fraught romantic relationship from optimistic youth to poignant old age, was dismissed by movie critics as various shades of sentimental pap. Audiences, who typically find greater value in the simple, human longing of ordinary folks, could not have disagreed more vehemently. The film, based on a Nicholas Sparks novel, developed a cult following and, over the next 20 years, turned many an inadequate Kleenex
