The Choice is a 2016 American romantic drama film directed by Ross Katz and written by Bryan Sipe, based on Nicholas Sparks' 2007 novel of the same name about two neighbors who fall in love at their first meeting.

Travis Shaw is a veterinarian, living in the city of Wilmington, NC, who falls in love at first sight with Gabby Holland, who has moved into the house next door.

Their initial meeting, however, is rather rocky as Travis is hosting a noisy barbeque, complete with loud music while Gabby is trying to study next door.

Travis even buys another wooden New England lounge chair for his lawn, symbolizing his personal investment.

After a hurricane hits their house, Moby helps Travis find the wind chimes Gabby had on her porch.

The movie finishes with Travis, Gabby, their children and dogs all sitting in the gazebo ('Gabby's Point'), looking up at the stars and moon.

On June 10, 2014, Lionsgate acquired the American and United Kingdom rights to make a film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' 2007 novel The Choice.

Bryan Sipe wrote the script for the film, which Sparks, Theresa Park and Peter Safran produced.

[12][13] For the first three days, the crew and extras filmed at the Dockside Restaurant & Bar and Bridge Tender Marina along with actors, near Wrightsville Beach.

[3] The film was released in North America on February 5, 2016, alongside Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Hail, Caesar!.

[2] It made $290,000 from Thursday night previews and $6,050,443 in its opening weekend, finishing fifth at the box office behind Kung Fu Panda 3 ($21.2 million), Hail, Caesar!

The site's critical consensus reads, "Like the 10 Nicholas Sparks movies before it, The Choice finds tragedy striking star-crossed lovers in the sun-dappled South – yet even for those who loved its predecessors, this gauzy melodrama may feel painfully formulaic.

[17] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter criticized the film as being "the cinematic equivalent of staring at a Hallmark Card for two hours.

[22] Moira Macdonald of the Seattle Times wrote the film "moves inexorably to its inevitable tear-jerky end.