A positive response.

Rating: 10/10 (4 June 2002)

I saw A Walk to Remember last night at the Melbourne premiere and was impressed. The movie was extremely emotional and managed to avoid for the most part resorting to old cliches which would have detracted from the overall feeling. Rarely does a film successfully make the audience care about the characters to the extent that this film does and that would be in large part due to the actors, specifically Shane West and Mandy Moore who were perfect in their roles and were deserving of the recognition they recieved at the 2002 YOUTH HOLLYWOOD awards. Shane West is consistantly a great actor and Mandy Moore does not deserve any 'pop star turned actor' criticism as she is obviously talented in both areas. As for Mandy Moore being too attractive to play a wall flower, its not how one appears that decides how they are percieved, its how one acts and as Jamie, Mandy Moore exudes the perfect balance of emotions to pull the role off. Overall an amazing film.