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Ranking the Nicholas Sparks Adaptations: ‘Safe Haven’ & More (VIDEO)

Romantic or Cheesy?

From ‘The Notebook’ to ‘Safe Haven,’ Anna Klassen rates all eight film adaptations of the writer’s books.

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This Valentine’s Day, the latest movie adaptation of a book by the melodramatic novelist Nicholas Sparks—don’t worry, he has nine left—hits the big screen. Safe Haven, starring Dancing With the Stars’ Julianne Hough and Fergie’s main squeeze, Josh Duhamel, is typical Sparks fare: an unlikely match, insurmountable odds, and eventual...

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