Pleasant surprise

Rating: 8/10 (20 July 2003)

My sister had bought "A Walk To Remember" on video a few months ago, and I sat down to watch it today, thinking it would be a predictable, mindless teen movie. But I was completely wrong. " A Walk To Remember" is a beautiful film, helped enormously by amazing performances from Mandy Moore and Shane West. Moore in particular is so tender and sweet in every scene she's in, it was a real change to the image of a Britney-type-teen pop star that I had (wrongly) had in my mind. The beautiful North Carolina locations added to the pleasure of watching the movie, and there were many tear-jerking scenes towards the end, most notably the final wedding scene and the moment when Landon visits the Reverend four years later. A lovely film, and certainly more than the teen movie people might think of it as.. I'd recommend it for all ages.