Dawson (Jake Allyn) has a best friend, London (Sarah Fisher), who's the love of his life. When she suddenly dies, he learns that she was born in-vitro and that she has an identical twin. He does some research to find her name, Andi (Sarah Fisher), and then visits her at work without telling her why he's actually there.

      In the screenplay by writer/director Tyler Russell and co-writer Karen Kingsbury, based on her novel, Dawson struggles to overcoming his grief, so he desperately tries to find London's identical twin. Soon enough, they develop feelings for each other. Andi already has a boyfriend which complicates their relationship and their feelings. What might happen if she discovers the truth about him and London? Andi's mother (Robyn Lively) and father (Bart Johnson) haven't even told her that she's not their biological daughter, so how will she react when she finds out? The film plays it safe in terms of how it delves into its darker and heavy themes like grief, anger, sadness and forgiveness. Fortunately, the filmmakers don't paint anyone as a villain, not even Andi's mother and father for lying to their adopted daughter for so many years. They also avoid resorting to the lowest common denominator to generate comic relief. It's moving to watch Dawson, Andi and their families learn to overcome their adversities throughout the course of the film. As poet Pablo Neruda once observed, "They can cut all of the flowers, but they can't stop the spring from coming."

      Someone Like You barely explores Dawson and London's relationship before London passes away leaving her loved ones very heartbroken. Nothing feels heavy-handed per se, but there's not much left for interpretation either. Moreover, it sugar-coats and over-simplifies Dawnon's battle with grief as well as Andi's own emotional journey, so the film does feel a little cheesy as a Nicholas Sparks movie at times. To be fair, if you can handle the cheesiness in Nicholas Sparks romances, you'll find the cheesiness in Someone Like You to be tolerable and the ending to be effectively heartwarming.

      Jake Allyn and Sarah Fisher give charismatic performance and have palpable chemistry together. That's one of the major requirements in any romance, so the film does manage to accomplish that feat. The cinematography, use of music and editing are pretty good without being distracting or clunky. The brightly-lit locations and the picturesque scenery compliments the film's generally upbeat tone. At a running time of just under 2 hours, Someone Like You is as heartfelt, sweet and life-affirming as The Notebook.