Terribly sappy and overtrodden, "The Choice" is a movie that begins with a bit of promise, but does nothing. It's a failure in both writing and direction - and a labor and terrible bore to watch. As the movie continues it gets more and more clichéd. Here's in excerpt off memory: "Because life just keeps happening and unfolding, if you sit still it may just pass you by." Romantic melodramas often have a hard time, and this thing doesn't even get off the ground. Its music was supremely manufactured. It was maudlin, cheap, and phony. It is an emotional fraud simple to see through reduced to sitcom level Hallmark writing. "Dear John" was fairly poor, and this was worse. 4/10 and mot recommended.
