Like the 10 Nicholas Sparks movies before it, The Choice finds tragedy striking star-crossed lovers in the sun-dappled South -- yet even for those who loved its predecessors, this gauzy melodrama may feel painfully formulaic.
The Choice is another tired retread of Nicholas Sparks's favorite themes: good ol' Southern living, problematic women, and the specialness of love.
Read full articleSappy and corny, The Choice will either make you bawl your eyes out or dull you into a coma.
Read full articleThe thing that's particularly galling about his latest installment, The Choice, is that the script seems to think it delivers a sophisticated and witty battle of the sexes.
Read full articleWe the people deserve every nutty coincidence, beautiful disaster, luxurious grief montage, and supernatural final-act reveal. Garbage-entertainment is still entertainment. Why, then, does The Choice almost entirely opt out of its own game?
Read full articleYou feel manipulated, but not in the I-can't-help-but-be-moved way that these films usually work. By the time its finale rolls around, The Choice has completely undone its own spell.
Read full articleIf you enjoy being manipulated and cry easily you make (or may not) enjoy the movie. That choice is yours.
Read full articleThe strangest thing in my eyes was the cakey, odd make-up and sullen lighting. That's something these types of movies usually nail.
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