Built from many of the same ingredients as other Nicholas Sparks tearjerkers, Dear John suffers from its cliched framework, as well as Lasse Hallstrom's curiously detached directing.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Lasse Hallström -
Producer -
Marty Bowen , Wyck Godfrey , Ryan Kavanaugh -
Screenwriter -
Jamie Linden -
Distributor -
Sony Pictures Entertainment -
Production Co -
Relativity , Temple Hill -
Rating -
PG-13 (Violence|Some Sensuality) -
Genre -
Romance , Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Feb 5, 2010, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Apr 16, 2012 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$80.0M -
Runtime -
1h 47m