About 1/3 the way into viewing this I asked my wife, "Is this from a Nicholas Sparks book?" I had not looked it up first but movies from his books all have a similar mood and story line. Good entertainment but not much depth. Mostly predictable.
Set and filmed in North Carolina, Britt Robertson (of "Under the Dome" TV series) is Sophia, just finishing up her college studies in some Art discipline when her good friend gets her to go along to see some competitive bull-riding, something she wouldn't normally enjoy.
As fate would have it Scott Eastwood (Clint's boy) as Luke Collins is one of the competitors, just coming back from a very serious injury falling off a ride. At the end of this ride his hat falls off and ends up near Sophia, she retrieves it, he tells her "Keep it."
This starts off their relationship, they each are smitten with the other even though their lives are quite different. He is a ranch man, she loves modern art. He is destined to ride the circuit, in spite of injuries, so he can help his widowed mom keep the ranch, she looks forward to her internship in New York City.
As another turn of faith would have it Luke and Sophia come upon a wreck at night and they manage to save Alan Alda as old Ira Levinson. It turns out Ira's wife had been an art collector, so when Sophia takes a liking to him, caring for him, reading his old letters from the 1940s, we know that somehow his art collection and Sophia will be united once he is gone.
Overall it is a pleasant movie with a good cast. I was happy to see Lolita Davidovich as Luke's mother. She is in her 50s now but still gorgeous. When she was in her 30s I though she was the most beautiful woman in the world.
SPOILERS: Sophia's and Luke's divergent priorities threaten to break them up but love overcomes all. When Ira dies by his direction all his artwork is auctioned and Luke and Sophia are among the invitees. The first is a non-famous portrait of Ira's wife, no one bids, finally Luke offers $600 as a gesture towards Sophia. As he is paying for it, the auction is paused, then it is revealed that Ira's will dictated that the person who buys that first painting will get the rest of the collection, worth many $ Millions, at no additional cost. Sophia and Luke made out pretty well, eh? Never pass by a chance to rescue an old person who has just crashed.
Set and filmed in North Carolina, Britt Robertson (of "Under the Dome" TV series) is Sophia, just finishing up her college studies in some Art discipline when her good friend gets her to go along to see some competitive bull-riding, something she wouldn't normally enjoy.
As fate would have it Scott Eastwood (Clint's boy) as Luke Collins is one of the competitors, just coming back from a very serious injury falling off a ride. At the end of this ride his hat falls off and ends up near Sophia, she retrieves it, he tells her "Keep it."
This starts off their relationship, they each are smitten with the other even though their lives are quite different. He is a ranch man, she loves modern art. He is destined to ride the circuit, in spite of injuries, so he can help his widowed mom keep the ranch, she looks forward to her internship in New York City.
As another turn of faith would have it Luke and Sophia come upon a wreck at night and they manage to save Alan Alda as old Ira Levinson. It turns out Ira's wife had been an art collector, so when Sophia takes a liking to him, caring for him, reading his old letters from the 1940s, we know that somehow his art collection and Sophia will be united once he is gone.
Overall it is a pleasant movie with a good cast. I was happy to see Lolita Davidovich as Luke's mother. She is in her 50s now but still gorgeous. When she was in her 30s I though she was the most beautiful woman in the world.
SPOILERS: Sophia's and Luke's divergent priorities threaten to break them up but love overcomes all. When Ira dies by his direction all his artwork is auctioned and Luke and Sophia are among the invitees. The first is a non-famous portrait of Ira's wife, no one bids, finally Luke offers $600 as a gesture towards Sophia. As he is paying for it, the auction is paused, then it is revealed that Ira's will dictated that the person who buys that first painting will get the rest of the collection, worth many $ Millions, at no additional cost. Sophia and Luke made out pretty well, eh? Never pass by a chance to rescue an old person who has just crashed.