The Notebook

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Amy & Paul open up 2004's decades-spanning romance The Notebook! They praise the effortless chemistry of Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, learn how James Garner prepared (or didn't prepare) for his role, and ask why we don't see more pure romances like this. Plus: Did Gosling and McAdams really fall in love on set? Next week, tune in as we cover Magic Mike! You can join the conversation for this series on the Unspooled Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/unspooledpodcast, and on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6. Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify. You can also listen to our Stitcher Premium game show Screen Test right now at https://www.stitcher.com/show/unspooled-screen-test and apply to be a contestant at [email protected]!

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0:00.0	The year is 2004 and if you're a podcast, I'm a podcast.
0:06.0	The movie, the notebook.
0:08.0	Hello everyone and welcome to unspooled.
0:32.0	This is a show where we unspool the greatest films to see if they are classics or...
0:36.0	or just remembered that way. I'm Amy Nicholson, I'm a film critic who writes for the New York Times.
0:42.0	And I am Paul Sheer, I'm a Will Fortune Champion.
0:48.0	And I also am open to a romance.
0:52.0	Amy, first time I've seen the notebook and I really want to talk about the production of this film.
1:00.0	Because this is a movie that on its surface is incredibly simple.
1:06.0	But yet the actors, the directors, the links that they went to was almost like prepping a giant big budget action film.
1:14.0	The kind of movie that launches careers, launches Ryan Gosling into being the Ryan Gosling that we know now.
1:20.0	Launches Rachel McGatams, launches them both into being this ideal beautiful couple of the mid-Auts.
1:26.0	And even has a good showcase for that actress Gina Rollins that up in Cumber.
1:30.0	I think she's going somewhere.
1:32.0	And it's interesting because this is a movie that's unabashedly about love.
1:38.0	But people love to bash it.
1:40.0	I mean critics are ripping this movie to shreds.
1:44.0	It is not favorable on rotten tomatoes.
1:48.0	And we're getting into wire. We just too cynical.
1:50.0	We might be and maybe that is more tragic for us than it is for anything that happens in this movie.
1:56.0	Well Amy, it's not going to be easy.
1:58.0	It's going to be really hard.
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