Should you watch Dear John?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Dear John
Film · 2010
While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off a pier. John eventually falls in love with Savannah, who promises to write to him until he returns from overseas.
The sides of Dear John
- A soldier home on two weeks' leave
- A purse rescued from the sea
- Years of love letters across an ocean
Dear John is good for you if…
- you like a love story kept alive by letters.
- you want a Nicholas Sparks story to cry over.
Dear John is bad for you if…
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt letters read in voiceover.
- you want a romance with no soldiers, no deployments and no 9/11.
About: distance · waiting · love
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