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>Talk About It

1. What do Adrienne and Paul wind up in Rodanthe looking for? What do they find?
2. Paul accuses Adrienne of becoming what she thinks she's supposed to be, of not fully inhabiting her life. Do you think this is a fair accusation? Could anyone accuse you of this?
3. Why does Paul go to visit Robert Torrelson (the husband of the woman who died on his operating table)? What does Paul want from this visit? What does Robert want? What lessons are learned about forgivness?
4. Do you think Adrienne should have taken her ex-husband back? What would you have done?
5. What lessons do Adrienne and Paul teach each other?

The Family Corner

Nights in Rodanthe is rated PG-13 for some sensuality—basically Gere and Lane having sex (extramarital sex). We see them unzipping and unbuttoning each other's clothes, but we don't see any nudity. Once the clothes are presumably off, we mainly get faces-only camera shots, so younger kids might not even realize this is a sex scene. The more difficult challenge would be to get younger kids—even some teens—to stay interested in this plot about middle-aged love. However, the movie could spark interesting conversations with older teems about forgiveness.

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