- Love brings together what peer pressure and lifestyles seek to keep apart in this coming-of-age story based on the bestselling book. Teen idol Shane West and multiplatinum recording star Mandy Moore star as two high schoolers — she a straitlaced preacher’s daughter and he an unmotivated delinquent. When events thrust him into her world, he begins an unexpected journey he’ll never forget. Forma
Love brings together what peer pressure and lifestyles seek to keep apart in this coming-of-age story based on the bestselling book. Teen idol Shane West and multiplatinum recording star Mandy Moore star as two high schoolers — she a straitlaced preacher’s daughter and he an unmotivated delinquent. When events thrust him into her world, he begins an unexpected journey he’ll never forget.With refreshing intelligence, A Walk to Remember offers welcome relief from the recent onslaught of teen-movie crudeness. Adapted from the novel by Nicholas Sparks and transplanted from 1958 to the present day, this admirable teen romance recognizes that two 18-year-olds–Landon (Shane West) and Jamie (pop singer Mandy Moore)–can be smart, mature, and sensible about the very real love they share. He’s a popular kid in the cool crowd. She’s got a goody-goody reputation as the dowdy daughter of a local minister (Peter Coyote); her values and priorities aren’t rooted in peer pressure, and Landon feels blessed by her self-assured nobility. Their mutual affection inevitably heads into Love Story territory, but the movie is honest enough to survive its own schmaltz, and its attractive cast (including Daryl Hannah as Landon’s mom) embraces a tone of sincerity and mutual respect. Finally… a teen movie with teens you can admire. –Jeff Shannon
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April 11, 2008
#1
This is just a complete mass of incredibly sappy people acting in a completely sappy movie…my friend cried, but i thought it was pretty stupid. My friend is now watching it for the 4th time this evening (at 3:00 in the morning) and its starting to get REALLY OLD! What was the purpose? I mean, yeah she dies. just say so and get it over with…don’t drag it out for 45 years. I mean, you can pretty much guess what’s gonna happen. We predicted a lot of things that happened. I guess if you like this sort of movie, it’d be ok…certainly not for guys! My friend says that it would be a good girlfriend/boyfriend movie, if the boyfriend was REALLY patient. I have one thing to say about Mandy Moore’s wardrobe: all of her dresses looked like TENTS!
April 11, 2008
#2
I’m giving this movie 1 star because I hate love stories. They’re just about some hippies who fall in love and show off. I mean, who really cares? Not me. I also think that Mandy (…) looks stupid with black hair. The plot is stupid as well. Ooh, a girl who’s misunderstood finds love. To me, love is nothing but crap. I hate seeing couples walking around and touching each other like some damn hippies. I hope Mandy Moore and that one douchebag guy both get fired by the industry and cook me up some fries and a whopper at burger king. At least then, they’d be making something I enjoy. Food is good.
April 11, 2008
#3
This film is laughable at best. They got the two worst actors in HISTORY to lead this film. Mandy Moore is pouty a usual, saying every line with overzealous dignity. Shane West – HA! Who in the world thought this man could act? WHO? Every scene, if you look carefully, features Shane with what seems to be something in his mouth or something bothering his teeth, so he rearranges his lips and toungue in EVERY SCENE. He does this for “bad boy effect,” like it will make his acting seem more badass.
The script, OH DEAR GOD THE POOR SCRIPT. Landon (West) falls in love with Jamie (Moore) after he sees her sing in a play. Before that, he thinks she’s the biggest loser ever. But when she sings…bam! He’s in love. Pathetic.
A boy and a girl go out on a first date. Girl talks about beauty she feels in the wind. Boy says he loves girl. Girl says “I told you not to fall in love with me.” Boy says “I might kiss you.” Girl says “I might be bad at it.” Boy says “It’s not possible!”
Sounds like a comedy sketch, no?
But it’s an OMG TEEN DRAMA!
***SPOILER*** She has leukemia. Shocker.
I can’t believe this film was made. Everyone involved should have bailed at first read.
April 11, 2008
#4
Holy snaps was this movie bad. My mom grounded me for renting the thing. Mandy Moore just needs to learn that she’ll never be Britney. She should stop singing, stop acting, and just go work at Dairy Queen. Leave the other stuff to professionals, like Britney.
April 11, 2008
#5
This movie is total sap from beginning to end. This is by far the sappiest movie I’ve seen in years. It has all of the classic elements of sap: boy and girl from mutually exclusive social realms fall in love and one of them dies at the end (hmmm just like Rome and Juliet, West Side Story, Titanic, and a myriad of other stories with the same plot). This movie piles on the sap extra thick at every turn. For those reviewers who thought that this was a good teen movie, all I can say about that is, “You’ve got to be kidding me.” This movie is as non-intellectual and unrealistic as many of those mindless movies that the film industry targets at teenagers. If you like total sap, then this movie might be for you. For those of you like a movie with substance, don’t waste your time.