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The Choice

  • 20162016
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 51m
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6.5/10
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Benjamin Walker and Teresa Palmer in The Choice (2016)
Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.
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Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
40K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,391
292
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    • Director
      • Ross Katz
    • Writers
      • Bryan Sipe(screenplay)
      • Nicholas Sparks(novel)
    • Stars
      • Benjamin Walker
      • Teresa Palmer
      • Alexandra Daddario
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    • Director
      • Ross Katz
    • Writers
      • Bryan Sipe(screenplay)
      • Nicholas Sparks(novel)
    • Stars
      • Benjamin Walker
      • Teresa Palmer
      • Alexandra Daddario
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    • 138User reviews
    • 81Critic reviews
    • 26Metascore
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Benjamin Walker
    Benjamin Walker
    • Travis
    Teresa Palmer
    Teresa Palmer
    • Gabby
    Alexandra Daddario
    Alexandra Daddario
    • Monica
    Maggie Grace
    Maggie Grace
    • Steph
    Tom Wilkinson
    Tom Wilkinson
    • Shep
    Tom Welling
    Tom Welling
    • Ryan
    Jesse C. Boyd
    Jesse C. Boyd
    • Matt
    Brad James
    Brad James
    • Ben
    Noree Victoria
    Noree Victoria
    • Liz
    Anna Enger Ritch
    Anna Enger Ritch
    • Megan
    • (as Anna Enger)
    Lou Lou Safran
    • Katie
    Vance Griswold
    • Jesse
    Brett Rice
    Brett Rice
    • Dr. McCarthy
    Ashley LeConte Campbell
    Ashley LeConte Campbell
    • Maryanne McCarthy
    Sharon Blackwood
    Sharon Blackwood
    • Cora
    Marty Stonerock
    • Alice Vandy
    Diane Sellers
    Diane Sellers
    • Jackie
    Wilbur Fitzgerald
    Wilbur Fitzgerald
    • Mr. Holland
    • Director
      • Ross Katz
    • Writers
      • Bryan Sipe(screenplay)
      • Nicholas Sparks(novel)
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    • Trivia
      The Choice (2016) is Nicholas Sparks' eleventh book made into a movie.
    • Goofs
      As Gabby studies, she quizzes her dog "Do you know how many liters of blood the circulatory system processes per day on average?" She answers herself "Twenty! That's right!"

      Gabby is incorrect. A person has about 5 liters of blood. If Gabby was right, then the entire volume of blood only circulates four times in a day, or once every six hours. The correct figure is about 6,000 liters a day.
    • Quotes

      Travis: Why do you make it so hard for me to flirt with you?

      Gabby: Because if I made it easy you wouldn't flirt with me anymore.

    • Connections
      Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Leslie Mann/Joshua Jackson/Benjamin Walker/Russell Simins (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Amsterdam
      Written by Ron Aniello, Adam Gardner, Tony Goddess, Ryan Miller and Brian Rosenworcel

      Performed by Guster

      Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.

      By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

    User reviews138

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    "...some choices change everything..."
    In the opening scenes of this film we see Travis (Walker) mulling over an unknown choice he has to make, en route to hospital, flowers in hand. Most of the film depicts the events leading up to this point.

    Now, I stumbled on this film by idly setting it to record on a PVR (without knowing the slightest thing about it) and then watching it later on. To be honest when I usually do this, it is about 50:50 whether I bother to watch it at all; quite a few films get deleted without ever being seen all the way through; this percentage goes right up if it is what might be termed a 'chick flick' of merely average quality. However in this case, right from the start, I thought this was a well-crafted film, beautifully photographed and with a good soundtrack. I won't say I was hooked but I was sufficiently intrigued to watch it all the way through and to my surprise I was rather moved by it.

    So my advice is that you should start watching this film with no prior knowledge and no expectations whatsoever; however if you are reading this it may already be too late, you may have already been told the main plot points, that the movie is terribly formulaic, yada yada yada. Too bad; watching a film is all about suspension of disbelief; this film is no different to most in that respect, and I'd argue that this one is best approached with almost no prior knowledge or expectations of any kind.

    Maybe one or two expectations are OK; that of the North Carolina coastline being beautifully photographed as a backdrop to this film, and a nice soundtrack, not too much in your face. All movies paint a certain, usually somewhat unrealistic, view of reality, and this film is no exception; for example I don't think the coastline is ever filmed at low tide, when it is somewhat less, er, photogenic. The whole film is arguably similarly rendered, which hardly unusual and is the storyteller's prerogative, even though some folk might object to it.

    Maybe if you are a chap who wants a movie to settle down and watch one evening in the company of a significant other, this would be a good choice; with too much prior knowledge (and a cynical head on) it would be easy to dismiss it as formulaic and schmaltzy, but if you are in the right mood this is a heartwarming, life-affirming story, nicely told. If I'd read half the reviews on here beforehand I probably wouldn't have bothered to watch this film at all, but I didn't and I judged it on its own merits, and to my great surprise it gets seven out of ten from me.
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    • Release date
      • February 5, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Lua Chon Cua Trai Tim
    • Filming locations
      • North Carolina, USA
    • Production companies
      • Nicholas Sparks Productions
      • The Safran Company
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $18,730,891
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,050,443
      • Feb 7, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $23,079,932
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      1 hour 51 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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