After an hour, I was like, "no, I'm over it."

| May 27, 2020

[T]he movie is painfully cliched, poorly written, and so ethically skewed that I take strong umbrage to its message.

| Apr 9, 2020

It needed more tragedy... it's a Nicholas Sparks movie after all!

| Mar 27, 2020

One of the best [Nicholas] Sparks' adaptations ever.

| Dec 8, 2019

Another cookie-cutter Nicholas Sparks adaptation emerges undercooked, seemingly without undergoing redrafts or second takes.

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 8, 2019

It's a tried-and-true formula that works, and given the right romantic pairing, works wonders. And admit it, you love it.

| Apr 17, 2019

So much of these kind of movies depends on the connection between the lead couple and these two had it.

| Original Score: B- | Mar 7, 2019

And like their predecessors, they and their co-stars Oona (granddaughter of Charlie) Chaplin and Jack (nephew of Anjelica) Huston succeed in making The Longest Ride enjoyable enough.

| Feb 22, 2019

This is your standard romantic drama, with a checklist of the genre's cliches peppering the film's way too long 139-minute running time.

| Jan 23, 2019

A Good Ol' Fashioned Roll In The Hay

| Original Score: B- | Dec 8, 2018

The Longest Ride did not convert me to being a fan of romance films, but it did show me that I can enjoy parts of one.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 30, 2018

Even by Sparks's standards, this is clichd old stuff, not helped by the fact that the young actors in the contemporary story -- Britt Robertson and Scott Eastwood (yes, Clint's son) -- are no match for Jack Huston and Oona Chaplin.

| Oct 30, 2017

I'll say this for The Longest Ride: It did not make me want to burn anything down.

| Oct 14, 2017

Scott Eastwood's less mysterious than dad. Clint's got more warrior, Scott's got more lover. Nevertheless! Scott's very Clinty! 'Ride's' the anti-'Fifty Shades of Grey.'

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 11, 2016

[It] so casually meanders down a cluttered road of clichs that you feel chided for daring to take a single ounce of it seriously.

| Original Score: C- | Feb 23, 2016

This could have been the second-best Nicholas Sparks movie had it just been Ira and Ruth's story. Instead, The Longest Ride is weighed down by an unnecessary second story that tries too hard, and bullpen full of clichs.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 29, 2015

Its theme of cherishing love when it comes your way couldn't be blunter, but on the whole this is one of the better Sparks movies, with even a neat twist in the tale to reward those who last the distance.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 21, 2015

Unfortunately, Chaplin's brilliance, Alda's funny crustiness, and Eastwood's vulnerability aren't enough to keep this film afloat.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 17, 2015

The Longest Ride is a weak sauce addition to the Sparks empire, a little better than last year's The Best of Me, but miles below uber-Sparks work The Notebook.

| Nov 10, 2015

The Longest Ride is what happens when a studio exec sees The Notebook and Dear John, and then goes "You see that? Do it again the same, but different."

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 6, 2015