Dear John

PG-13
Starring: Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried & Richard Jenkins
1 Hour & 48 Minutes

This is a romantic, highly-anticipated chick flick geared directly for young women. The story is about a young and handsome soldier named John who is very troubled and confused about his past and his childhood. His mother left he and his father when he was a small child, so he was raised exclusively by his father. His father was very quiet and hardly ever spoke to him. His father immersed himself in coin collecting. John's childhood memories revolve completely around his father's coin collecting.
He enlists in the Army's "special ops" division and is sent to dangerous places all over the world. Many of his mission's are highly classified. While he is sent home for some R & R, he meets a beautiful young woman whom he starts a relationship with. She comes from a well to do cultured family and background. Her friends are not happy that she is seeing this new stranger. He keeps pursuing her and she falls for him. A confrontation and physical fight ensues between him and her friends and he is labeled by them as an outsider.
Their love continues to grow stronger and they cannot stop seeing each other. She insists on meeting his father who is pretty much a recluse. He is reluctant and finally allows her to meet his father. He has to go back to his special ops mission and they cannot bear to be apart. He waits everyday to receive letters from her. When he finally receives his infamous "Dear John" letter, he is devastated. She decided to marry another man! He is severely injured in a roadside bomb and he is sent home. His father also passes away and he is very lonely! He decides to go and visit her and she did not marry the man he thought she had. She married a man who was very ill and had a young son with special needs.
They finally end up together after many years.
This was a movie that was very touching and really gave you insight into a soldier's life in the battlefield.
I would recommend this movie to people thirteen years and older. Be advised that there is a love scene with kissing and intimacy.
There is some mild profanity and some physical violence as well as realistic violence on the battlefield. There is also drinking. I really enjoyed this movie and it really made me appreciate living in America!