'Dear John,' directed by Lasse Hallström, is a 2010 American romantic war drama film based on Nicholas Sparks' 2006 novel of the same name. It follows a soldier's (Channing Tatum) life when he falls in love with a young woman (Amanda Seyfried). After he is gone to the war, they decide to write each other letters. Screen Gems distributed the picture in North America on February 5, 2010, and it received mixed to unfavorable reviews.