Not one unintentional gibber, eye-roll, or check of the watch during the 139 minute running time makes it impossible to slam what by all rights should have been a slam-dunk awful Nicholas Sparks rodeo romance. Director George Tillman knows where to place the camera to make the schoolgirls swoon, but it’s screenwriter Craig Bolotin – remember That Night, his aboveboard coming-of-age drama starring Juliette Lewis? – who keeps the author’s generally slushy dialog real and the suds within high-water mark. Pretty much a repeat of The Notebook, this time with appealing Britt Robertson as the girl with a good upbringing and bright future falling for behind-the-eight-ball bull rider, Scott Eastwood, and Alan Alda as the hook to sell senior tickets. Other than a redundant flashback involving the son Alda never had, this good old fashioned love story is the best of its kind since Urban Cowboy. With Jack Huston, Oona Chaplin, and Lolita Davidovich. (2015) — Scott Marks
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