Running time: 108 mins. Starring: Channing Tatum, Richard Jenkins, Amanda Seyfried, Henry Thomas.
Director: Lasse Hallstrom.
Army special forces operative John Tyree (Channing Tatum) heads home for two weeks’ leave to see his father (Richard Jenkins).
During an afternoon on the beach, John meets local girl Savannah (Amanda Seyfried) and the spark of attraction is immediate.
Inevitably, the two weeks end and John returns to the front line, promising his sweetheart, “I’ll be back for good.”
Fate conspires to reunite the lovers, though not in a way that either of them would have wished.
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