Just as all other Sparks' cheap harlequins, the film features a second-hand plot, shallow characters, utterly horrible writing (the film kept me smirking throughout) and a lot of manipulative strategies aimed to jerk a tear or two out of unsuspecting viewers. Not to mention abundant sexist themes which even I found downright offensive despite being quite insensitive to these as such (as they were not a part of jokes but rather a part of the universe Sparks imposes upon his readers/viewers).Must watch. Not.

The Movie is beautifully made, from the gorgeous scenery to the correlation of the two stories to some pretty good performances. Jack Huston, Oona Chaplin and Alan Alda all gave decent acts, Britt Robertson also was good, fitting the character.on the other hand, for a 2 hours 3 mins, the story was supposed to be more in depth, more touching, not saying it wasn't but when you have plenty of running time it should be a bit more. Also, the old love affair was incredible and well played, I think giving it more time should have been better.Scott Eastwood, apparently, didn't just inherit the good look of the great Clint Eastwood, as his performance was very good, specially on how he delivered with relatively little words, a potential star in the making. He made my day ..

I would have given this movie 6 stars if it weren't that Scott Eastwood is such a bad actor. You shouldn't notice that someone is acting. I found myself trying to ignore this so I could get into the story.The rest of the cast was pretty good, especially Jack Huston and Oona Chaplin, who were very genuine.Now to the story. It was just OK. I knew what was going to happen pretty much from the beginning, and we needed the Hollywood ending. Probably a more realistic ending and a better handling of the jumps back and forth between the two actual stories would have created a better movie.

This film is based on the best selling novel that was by Nicholas sparks.The longest ride is about two people that meet in the bull riding competition. There is a bull rider whose name is Luke and he is looking to make a comeback, Sophia is a collage girl is has a passion for art and her dream job is in New York. As their two different paths collide. They both make an unexpected connection with Ira whose memories of his own decades long romance with his beloved and late wife. Luke and Sophia meet Ira by fate and well fate brings them together. Ira's love story deeply affects this new love story.One love story, in different generations but their fate are exactly the same. The longest ride explores differences between them but love brings them together.