I, very seldom get Fridays off at my job and today was one of those days, so I took advantage of that & went to the movies like I always use to do before I found a job in this tough economy!!! This movie was truly romantic and people were crying up in there, I could tell that it was real, sincere, and intense and other people were faking it and being all dam dramatic, but is to be expected in a movie theater. Drama! Drama! Damn Drama! This movie could be comparable to "The Soloist" starring Jamie Foxx becuz you know some stories have great plots, storylines, etc but there will be certain pats int he move that are sad and depressing and that u can see coming-but it just cannot b avoided. With this movie, I felt like it was true romance all the way from start to finish. I did NOT read the book-I still fell in love with this movie. It had some sad parts but as it has been stated-nothing is true romance with out a lil hardship, sacrifice, and most importantly loss. You have to have the bad happen to you in order to see some good rise up and surface. No life is perfect. Life is only what YOU make it. You will learn that form this movie! I already did!