Dear John

The story is about a man, named John. John is a soldier, and he lives with his dad, and he loves to surf, because that brings him comfort. His dad is a little bit crazy. John and his dad, are collecting coins, and has a lot of them.

One day, John was looking out over the water, there was 4 people talking on the same bridge. 2 girls, and 2 girls, but suddenly one of girls bag went down in the water, because one of the boys, was pushing to it. John saw it, and jumped down in the water, and got the bag. The girl, was running down to the water, and was ready to say thanks to John, when he got up. She was very grateful and they were talking very much for some days. And two weeks later, they were together. There relationship was a little bit difficult. Savanna, likes John's dad, but she could see that he was a little bit weird, and told john it, John went mad, and was walking away from her. Some of her friends tried to stop John, but that was a stupid idea, and john was fighting with some boys. One day John bought an ice cream, and he got a very expensive and special coin. That coin was so much worth, so they just kept it safe, and from that day, his dad collected coins. He collected it so much, that one day John went very, very angry, and said that he always would talk about shitty coins, and that made his dad sad, but he couldn’t not do anything.
After some weeks John should work again in the military. They were writing day in, and day out, but one day, it was over, Savannah had found someone else. John went mad, and traveled home to talk with her. Some days after, his dad went sick, and was about to die. John, read the letter to his dad, and they were both crying, and a little bit after, his dad was gone.

Dear John

About the actors.

John is played by Channing Tatum.

Savannah is played by Amanda Seyfried.

Channing Tatum

Channing Tatum is born April 26, 1980.

He was born in Cullman, Alabama.

His ancestry includes Irish, French and Native American. Tatum’s family moved to Mississippi when he was 6, and he grew up near the Mississippi River.

Tatum was athletic while growing up, playing football, soccer, track, baseball, and performing martial arts. As a child, he practiced kung fu. Tatum spent most of his teenage years in the Tampa, Florida area and initially attended Gaither High School before going to Tampa Catholic High School. He graduated in 1998 and was voted most athletic. Afterwards, Tatum was awarded a football scholarship to Glenville State College in Glenville, West Virginia, but he turned it down. He returned home and started working.

Tatum was first cast as a dancer in Ricky Martin's "She Bangs" music video.

His first experience was in the fashion industry as a model, working for such noted clients such as Armani and Abercrombie & Fitch. He soon moved into television commercials, landing national spots for Mountain Dew and Pepsi in 2002.

In 2004 he started his acting career. He has starred in She's the Man, Step Up, Fighting, Public Enemies, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, and of course Dear John.

Amanda Seyfried

Amanda Michelle Seyfried is born December 3, 1985. She was born in Allentown, Lehigh Country, Pennsylvania. Her mother Ann is an occupational therapist and her father Jack is a pharmacist. Her older sister Jennifer is a musician in the Philadelphia organ-driven rock band Love City.

Amanda graduated in 2003 from Allentown’s William Allen High School.

She began her acting career in 1995 when she was 9 and she began modeling when she was 11. She stopped modeling when she was 17. Seyfried took voice lessons, studied opera, and trained with a Broadway coach while still a teen. She began acting as an uncredited extra in the daytime drama television series Guiding Light.

In 2004, Seyfried made her film debut in Mean Girls playing Karen Smith, the ditziest of the so-called "Plastics". Her subsequent films include Nine Lives (2005) and Alpha Dog (2006). In 2006, she landed a lead role on HBO's popular television series Big Love. After that, Seyfried appeared as Sophie Sheridan in the 2008 musical feature film Mamma Mia!. Other recent appearances include lead roles in Jennifer's Body, Chloe, Veronica Mars, Letters to Juliet and of course Dear John.

Movie review for “Dear John”

Dear John

They have two weeks to spend together and they fall in love amazingly fast. John is the tough type who has nothing left over for those who have previously been something of a mess.
Savannah´s figure recalls Mother Terasa, she is a nice girl who could not dream of bad behavior, she builds houses for people in need, and she is also taking care of an autistic boy.

Savannah has to go back to study, and John is going back to the army, they then begin to write together. Every week they write a letter to each other and send it to each other as a way to maintain contact and keep the love alive. But something terrible happens - 9 / 11 - and suddenly the whole world looks quite different.

John decides without hesitation, to stay in Afghanistan, even though Savannah doesn’t like it. Now the two young people are forced to love over distance.

That may sound like a great movie for teenage girls who loved romance. It is probably too, but for all others it is an extremely tedious and lengthy movie. The movie drags out, and the only reason that the film gets over one and half hours is because of all the letters you need to listen to.
Amanda Seyfreid is stable in the role of Savannah, which is more than you can say about Matthew Tatum. His facial expression is virtually nonexistent. Richard Jenkins is without question the film's bright spot as John's autistic father and good acting from his part.