The Best of Me

2014 Directed by Michael Hoffman

You never forget your first love.

A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.

Michelle Monaghan James Marsden Luke Bracey Liana Liberato Gerald McRaney Caroline Goodall Clarke Peters Sebastian Arcelus Jon Tenney Sean Bridgers Rob Mello Hunter Burke Robby Rasmussen Caroline Hebert Ian Nelson Schuyler Fisk Douglas M. Griffin Bill Martin Williams Jimmy Gonzales Mia Frost Donna DuPlantier David Jensen Jim Gleason Kesha Bullard Julia Lashae Jordan Smith Laura Meyer Bailey Winston Matthew Metzger Show All…

Alternative Titles

Geriausia, ką turiu, Lo mejor de mí, Dei-te o Melhor de Mim

drama romance

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Review by Frandi Peralta ★★★½ 2

The ending broke my heart 💔😭
Review by Matt 1

Nicholas Sparks is the King of "people almost kissing on book covers and movie posters".
Review by Brendan ★★

Complete, unadulterated schlock of the highest order full of sweet nothings, overblown declarations of love and contrived tragedy to fill some kind of 'meaning' quota.
The Best Of Me is not a great film, but neither is it completely intolerable. It's merely adequate and fits the bill of the usual Nicholas Sparks shitfest you have grown used to. You know what you're getting into seeing a film like this and it achieves what it sets out to do, which isn't much but it works.
Review by Robby

There's nothing to say about "The Best of Me" other than it's just another Nickolas Sparks movie that follows the exact same formula. James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan are good and the film didn't look bad but it's just so cliched and daft.
Review by Vanina ★½ 7

Does no one take their pants off when they're having sex anymore?
Review by Keith Garrett ½

I have never, EVER been more baffled by a casting choice in my entire life. James Marsden and Whoeverthefuck could not possibly look any more different from each other if they tried. A walrus and a stapler look more similar than these two human beings. If you told me that Oprah Winfrey and Dakota Fanning were separated at birth, I would believe that before I would believe that these two men were the same character in a movie.
Also, I'd love it if no one judged me for watching this movie. I'm not sure why I did it and we all make mistakes, okay? LORD KNOWS THIS CASTING DIRECTOR DID.
Review by angela ★★★

this wasnt even that good but i still cried bc i just love james marsden so much i would literally wait a million years for him
(p.s. thank u for all the bday wishes yesterday!!)
Review by kels ★½

yes every Nicholas Sparks movie is pretty much the same plot with the same genetically good looking people & yes i am still going to cry every time i watch one
Review by Matthew L. Brady ★

Thank god this movie floped at the box office, because this is just romance porn all over it.
The story is about a couple who were once an item in high school find themselves meeting back up after each returns to their small home town.
It took me a while to sit through this movie and boy did it take a while. But after seeing it... I want my time back, because this is one of the worst romance movies I've seen this year. You know those really bad cliche romance movies with no excitement just boring and uninspiring story that's been done a thousand times, well this movie takes the cake from being the worse of the worse. Name…
Review by Cat Lyons ★★★½

Ermmm…I’m such a sap. Didn’t actually hate this.
The latest adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ schmaltzy romantic canon is “The Best of Me”. Deftly directed by Michael Hoffman (The Last Station), the film follows the love story of Amanda and Dawson and their reunion after being apart for almost 20 years. A simple premise that includes some interesting ancillary subplots regarding the underbelly of their small Louisiana town and class tensions allow the story to extend somewhat further than just a love story. But of course, this is Sparks, the majority is focused in on the love story, and it is surprisingly quite good.
The standouts are Liana Liberato and Luke Bracey, who portray younger versions of Amanda and Dawson and…
Review by Bashayer || أيلول 🤍 ★★★

" 1 text, 1 song, 1 mistake, 1 lie, 1 word, 1 truth, and 1 person could change your mood in 1 second "
Review by Connor Carey ★★ 2

While James Marsdan and Michelle Monaghan are solid in there roles and the film is overall watchable and never boring, The Best of Me is still a thoroughly cliched and unbelievably predictable Nicholas Sparks adaptation with some horrendous writing and terrible performances from the supporting cast. Its still nowhere near as bad as critics are making it out to be though.

Recent reviews

Review by lyyshuh ★★★★★

james marden my white king YUPPPPPP☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼
Review by LordHeatherV ★★★

I'm a sucker for high school sweethearts getting back together even if its just a fling.
The end broke me.
Review by sofita ★★★★

LIANA LIBERATO QUIERO QUE SEAS MI MUJEEER
Review by asseenontv ★★★★

i enjoyed it a lot for someone who doesnt really watch romance movies
Review by SakinaR ★★★

Well that was depressing 😔
I wanted to watch a romance but this was just sad more or less through out. I predicted the ending before it happened because of the way the story was told. If you want to feel sad I would recommend you watch this..,
Phone rating 📱
Review by Tamra ★½

Predictable. Sugary. Warm. Ending. Star-crossed. Flowers. Heart. Flashbacks. McRaney. No.
Review by naegaxnindaa ★★★

get ready because maybe after watch this movie u might miss your ex :) x.
Review by dobbs08 ★★★½

I’d wait 8 years too
Review by Alex ★★★

Michelle Monaghan e James Marsden protagonizam uma linda, tocante e comovente história, com a marca de Nicholas Sparks.
Review by Josies02 ★★

took me a week to watch and only finished it because james marsden is so fine
Review by Frandi Peralta ★★★½ 2

The ending broke my heart 💔😭
Review by Luis Beltran ★★

Everything here is going well, that script that falls apart from the 2nd act destroys everything