History Film / NightsInRodanthe

* [[spoiler:DownerEnding]]: [[spoiler:Shortly before reuniting with Adrienne, Paul is killed in a flash mudslide.]]

* ForeverFling: Paul and Adrienne meet and fall in love [[FourthDateWeekend over a weekend]] until work and family obligations force them to separate. They attempt to stay together, [[spoiler:but Paul dies in a mudslide.]]

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Amanda, though it's understandable as she wants her parents to reconcile and is bitter about the impending divorce. She snaps out of it the moment she sees how devastated Adrienne is over Paul's death and immediately leaps into action to care for her.

* SceneryPorn: The inn on the beach, lovingly shot from all 360 degrees when it's introduced.

''Nights in Rodanthe'' is a 2008 Romantic Drama film, based on the [[FilmOfTheBook novel of the same name]] by Creator/NicholasSparks, and starring Creator/DianeLane and Creator/RichardGere, with supporting roles including Creator/ChristopherMeloni, Creator/ViolaDavis, Creator/ScottGlenn, Creator/JamesFranco, and Creator/MaeWhitman.

* FourthDateMarriage: Adrienne and Paul fall in love and commit to each other emotionally over the course of a weekend.

Meanwhile, in the throws of a mid-life crisis - and guilt over a surgery gone wrong - acclaimed surgeon, Dr. Paul Flanner (Gere), decides to spontaneously visit his son, Mark (Franco), at a remote medical clinic that Mark runs in the Andes Mountains. After abruptly selling his house, and unable to fly out in less than a week, Paul opts to take a room at the same inn as Adrienne.

* SceneryPorn: The inn on the beach, lovingly shot from all 360 degrees when it's introduced.
* YourCheatingHeart: Adrienne's husband Jack had an affair prior to the start of the film, and the fallout led to their separation.

* AdaptationDistillation: In the book, [[FramingDevice Adrienne tells the story of her romance with Paul to her grown daughter Amanda]]. In the movie, Amanda is still a teenager when the romance takes place and Adrienne tells her the story in the weeks following [[spoiler:Paul's death]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Strangely combined with NeverMyFault. Paul spends a good portion of the film angsting over the death of a patient. Despite not being directly responsible (the patient had an abnormal reaction to the anesthetic), Paul still blames himself, and part of his reason for being in the Outer Banks is to make peace with her despairing family.

* ThoseTwoActors: After ''Film/TheCottonClub'' and ''{{Film/Unfaithful}}'', this was the third movie to star Creator/DianeLane and Creator/RichardGere as an onscreen couple.

Adrienne Willis (Lane) has recently separated from unfaithful husband, Jack (Meloni). This leads to estrangement from her teenage daughter, Amanda (Whitman). Her son, Danny, is too young and absorbed in his computer games to know exactly what's going on. While Jack takes their children on a week's vacation, Adrienne decides to go to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, assisting in running the Inn that her long-time friend, Jean (Davis), owns.

Meanwhile, in the throws of a mid-life crisis - and guilt over a surgery gone wrong - acclaimed surgeon, Dr. Paul Flanner (Gere), decides to spontaneously visit his son, Mark (Franco), at a remote medical clinic that Mark runs in the Andes Mountains. After abruptly selling his house, and unable to fly out in less than a week, Paul opts to take a room at the same Inn as Adrienne.

Together at the Inn for a week, with no one else around, the two must face their own demons while slowly getting to know each other. Meanwhile, a hurricane approaches.

* SceneryPorn: The Inn on the beach.

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Adrienne Willis (Lane) has recently separated from unfaithful husband, Jack (Meloni). This leads to estrangement from her teenage daughter, Amanda (Whitman). While Jack takes their children (Amanda and son, Danny) on a week's vacation, Adrienne decides to go to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, assisting in running the Inn that her long-time friend, Jean (Davis), owns.

Adrienne Willis (Lane) has recently separated from unfaithful husband Jack (Meloni), leading to estrangement from her teenage daughter, Amanda (Whitman). With Jack taking their children on week's vacation, Adrienne decides to assist in running her friend, Jean's (Davis), seaside Inn for a week on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Meanwhile, acclaimed surgeon Dr. Paul Flanner (Gere), in the throws of a mid-life crisis and guilt over a surgery gone wrong, decides to spontaneously visit his son, Mark (Franco), at a remote medical clinic run by the latter in the Andes Mountains. After abruptly selling his house, Paul realizes he cannot get a ticket in less than a week, and decides to take a room at the same Inn that Adrienne is running.

Alone together at the Inn for a week, the two are faced with their own demons while slowly getting to know each other. Meanwhile, a hurricane approaches.