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The Notebook

Front-Runner Starts strong, fades late
2004 · Romance, Drama · Nick Cassavetes

The front-runner pattern fits The Notebook: strong in the opening rounds, shakier as the field thins. The 52% overall rate reflects a film that capitalizes on soft draws. Few films generate this level of devotion and this level of resistance simultaneously. The voters who love it will carry it deep into any bracket; the voters who don't will pick almost anything else — and both groups are completely sure they're right. 0.9s average decision time. Reflexive, automatic, no hesitation — voters know where they stand before the matchup fully loads.

Synopsis

An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.

Round 1
67.5%
Where it thrives
Semifinals
37.7%
29/77
Finals
31%
The ceiling

First impressions do the heavy lifting. 68% in the opening round is where The Notebook is most convincing — by the final at 31%, the field has thinned to the films it can't outrun.

The extremes tell a clear story — 67% against Titanic at one end, 17% against Your Name. at the other.

Dominates
Kryptonite
BingeBracket Record
52%
Win Rate
#7 of 22 in Romance #14 of 41 from the 2000s
Scores based on real fan votes in head-to-head brackets. 50% = wins as often as it loses — perfectly average.
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