The Choice

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The Choice

PG-13

2016

1h 51m

Romance

Drama

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Travis Shaw (Benjamin Walker) is a ladies' man who thinks a serious relationship would cramp his easygoing lifestyle. Gabby Holland (Teresa Palmer) is a feisty medical student who's preparing to settle down with her long-term boyfriend (Tom Welling). Fate brings the two together as Gabby moves next door to Travis, sparking an irresistible attraction that upends both of their lives. As their bond grows, the unlikely couple must decide how far they're willing to go to keep the hope of love alive.

Critics Consensus

Like the 10 Nicholas Sparks movies before it, The Choice finds tragedy striking star-crossed lovers in the sun-dappled South -- yet even for those who loved its predecessors, this gauzy melodrama may feel painfully formulaic.

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Roxana Hadadi

Chesapeake Family Magazine

08/02/2016

1.5/5

The Choice is another tired retread of Nicholas Sparks's favorite themes: good ol' Southern living, problematic women, and the specialness of love.

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Scroll.in

06/21/2016

Sappy and corny, The Choice will either make you bawl your eyes out or dull you into a coma.

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Max Weiss

Baltimore Magazine

06/10/2016

1.5/4

The thing that's particularly galling about his latest installment, The Choice, is that the script seems to think it delivers a sophisticated and witty battle of the sexes.

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

02/03/2021

1/5

If you enjoy being manipulated and cry easily you make (or may not) enjoy the movie. That choice is yours.

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Avaryl Halley

Movie Bitches

04/30/2020

This movie was not very good and rather boring.

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Andrew Galdi

Movie Bitches

04/30/2020

It was the biggest mess of them all.

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Susanne R.

@RT31737829 1d

Really! Who wants to watch an entire movie of a couple that finally get together, have kids and live happily ever after... UNTIL she's in a coma and he has to decide to pull the plug on her. Not me!!

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tukuikyo T

@RT91009330 4d

Me personally i hated the fact it was about cheating on a perfectly good relationship for someone you met a couple of days ago. I loved it on some parts but it was corny half the time’s. It felt super rushed and the disaster felt so.. out of nowhere. It felt like they added it just to extend the movie and make it longer. It had zero point in being there of the cheating two already had a good ending. They should have left it when they had kids and a good ending.

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ben F.

@BenFranz Apr 18

A lovely love story with its own plot twists. It was well worth watching. I don't understand the previous bad reviews and I'm usually hard to please. It wasn't the Notebook but a solid romantic film nonetheless.

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Joann W

@DaNaia Jan 23

I wanted to love it. And parts of it I did enjoy but they fell short and it felt rushed. But then when they did the whole disaster handling of the puppies they totally lost me! They get an F and 0 stars for that. Whoever was in charge of that should be fired.

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Aida M

@RT46270233 Jul 10

It's so bad, it hurts.

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Co D

@RT83813455 05/17/2025

sooo cheesy but still a good watch to turn your brain off when your in a romance mood!

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Synopsis

Travis Shaw (Benjamin Walker) is a ladies' man who thinks a serious relationship would cramp his easygoing lifestyle. Gabby Holland (Teresa Palmer) is a feisty medical student who's preparing to settle down with her long-term boyfriend (Tom Welling). Fate brings the two together as Gabby moves next door to Travis, sparking an irresistible attraction that upends both of their lives. As their bond grows, the unlikely couple must decide how far they're willing to go to keep the hope of love alive.

Director: Ross Katz
Producer: Nicholas Sparks, Peter Safran, Theresa Park
Screenwriter: Bryan Sipe, Nicholas Sparks
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Safran Company, POW! Productions, Nicholas Sparks Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Some Thematic Issues|Sexual Content)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 5, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 31, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $18.7M
Runtime: 1h 51m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)