The film stars Richard Gere and Diane Lane in their third screen collaboration after The Cotton Club (1984) and Unfaithful (2002).

One morning, when picking up Amanda and their son Danny for a weekend visit, Jack tells Adrienne he still loves her and wants to move back home.

A woman with a hemangioma on her face and wanted it removed died on the operating table due to a complication of the anesthesia.

The family of the patient who died lives in Rodanthe and is suing for wrongful death.

With Adrienne's advice and moral support, Paul finds the courage to visit the deceased patient's widower.

She tells her daughter the story of the very special type of love she found with Paul, and encourages her to seek that out for herself someday.

Adrienne returns to Rodanthe and sees a small herd of wild horses on the beach by the inn.

[5] According to review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the critical consensus holds that the film is "derivative and schmaltzy" and "strongly mottled by contrivances that even the charisma of stars Diane Lane and Richard Gere can't repair".

[6] Metacritic scored the film with a 39/100, or "generally unfavorable", based on 26 critics' reviews.