The Post-Gazette reviews movies from a family perspective:

Rated: PG-13.

Suitable for: Teens and up.

What you should know: Channing Tatum, a tween and teen favorite from such movies as "Step Up," stars alongside Amanda Seyfried in this movie version of Nicholas Sparks' book. Tatum plays a soldier and Seyfried a college student and they fall in love during his leave and correspond by mail.

Language: A couple of uses of "Jesus" and a few very mild expletives.

Sexual situations and nudity: Passionate kisses are exchanged and, in a discreet but unmistakable scene, a couple have sex.

Violence/scary situations: A nose is broken in brief fisticuffs and a reference is made to a long ago drunken knife fight. Characters grow ill and die and soldiers are in harm's way. Shots of the 9/11 attacks on New York are shown on TV.

Drug or alcohol use: College students and adults consume beer, wine and other alcoholic drinks.

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