Dear John

2010 film by Lasse Hallström
Movie film Q867138
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Dear John

Summary

Dear John is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,467 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dear John's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Dear John's director is recorded as Lasse Hallström[4].
  • Dear John's screenwriter is recorded as Jamie Linden[5].
  • Dear John's composer is recorded as Deborah Lurie[6].
  • Dear John's genre is recorded as romance film[7].
  • Dear John's genre is recorded as drama film[8].
  • Dear John's genre is recorded as war film[9].
  • Dear John's genre is recorded as film based on a novel[10].
  • Dear John's based on is recorded as Dear John[11].
  • Dear John's cast member is recorded as Amanda Seyfried[12].
  • Dear John's cast member is recorded as Channing Tatum[13].
  • Dear John's cast member is recorded as Henry Thomas[14].
  • Dear John's cast member is recorded as Richard Jenkins[15].
  • Dear John's cast member is recorded as Scott Porter[16].
  • Dear John's cast member is recorded as D. J. Cotrona[17].
  • Dear John's cast member is recorded as Cullen Moss[18].
  • Dear John's cast member is recorded as David Andrews[19].
  • Dear John's cast member is recorded as Luke Benward[20].
  • Dear John's cast member is recorded as Keith Robinson[21].
  • Dear John's production company is recorded as Relativity Media[22].
  • Dear John's director of photography is recorded as Terry Stacey[23].
  • Dear John's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0989757[24].
  • Dear John's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[25].
  • Dear John's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[26].
  • Dear John's review score is recorded as 4.4/10[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Dear John's director is recorded as Lasse Hallström[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Jamie Linden[5]. Cast members include Amanda Seyfried[12], Channing Tatum[13], Henry Thomas[14], Richard Jenkins[15], Scott Porter[16], and D. J. Cotrona[17].

Publication

Publication dates include +2010-01-24T00:00:00Z[28], +2010-05-06T00:00:00Z[29], and +2010-04-08T00:00:00Z[30]. Dear John's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[25]. Genres include romance film[7], drama film[8], war film[9], and film based on a novel[10].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include September 11 attacks[31] and autism[32].

Reception

Reviews include 4.4/10[27], 28%[33], and 43/100[34].

Why It Matters

Dear John ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,467 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . The Movie Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [33] . wikidata.org.
  27. [34] . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  29. [29] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] . nmhh.hu. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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