Benjamin Walker and Teresa Palmer in ‘The Choice’ (Dana Hawley/Lionsgate via AP)
“The Choice is the same damn Nicholas Sparks movie we get every year,” says the headline on the A.V. Club’s review of the newest big screen adaptation of a sappy Sparks novel. That pretty well summarizes the critical response to the romance starring Benjamin Walker and Teresa Palmer, opening in theaters Friday.
The Sparks formula — despite odds, couple inevitably falls in love, then couple is happy, then at least one half of couple either gets sick or drops dead — has become so familiar that it’s hard to imagine another film in this mold being embraced by critics unless it (A) completely breaks from tradition in some interesting ways, or (B) stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams and is called The Notebook.
The Choice does and is neither, which is why it currently has an eight-percent positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Here are some of the more, um, choice comments from reviewers around the country:
“The Choice is the cinematic equivalent of staring at a Hallmark Card for two hours.” — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter
“Directed by Ross Katz and filmed like an ad for erectile-dysfunction medication, The Choice is almost repellently synthetic.” — Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times
“The Choice is the same damn Nicholas Sparks movie we get every year,” says the headline on the A.V. Club’s review of the newest big screen adaptation of a sappy Sparks novel. That pretty well summarizes the critical response to the romance starring Benjamin Walker and Teresa Palmer, opening in theaters Friday.
The Sparks formula — despite odds, couple inevitably falls in love, then couple is happy, then at least one half of couple either gets sick or drops dead — has become so familiar that it’s hard to imagine another film in this mold being embraced by critics unless it (A) completely breaks from tradition in some interesting ways, or (B) stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams and is called The Notebook.
The Choice does and is neither, which is why it currently has an eight-percent positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Here are some of the more, um, choice comments from reviewers around the country:
“The Choice is the cinematic equivalent of staring at a Hallmark Card for two hours.” — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter
“Directed by Ross Katz and filmed like an ad for erectile-dysfunction medication, The Choice is almost repellently synthetic.” — Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times
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