Sappy, Predictable, Unoriginal

Rating: 2/10 (19 July 2002)

I have nothing against watching a romantic movie from time to time, but this movie made me want to vomit. First of all, how much more unoriginal and cliche filled can a movie get? This made the movie completely predictable and incredibly laughable.
Mandy Moore herself wasn't all that bad, except the scene of the school musical where she transforms to herself and comes completely out of character...but I suppose that's more of a script problem there. The rest of the actors in this movie were atrocious. It's almost if they were putting little effort into their roles and that lack of sincerity smacks you in the face over and over again.

Mandy Moore and Shane West had absolutely no sparks between them. There's was nothing that really made you care if the their relationship worked out or not because it just seemed to be void of all emotion. And what attracts the two characters together in the first place is beyond me as they had nothing in common and all they ever shared were a few terribly sappy moments. It leads me to believe that it was only a physical attraction and that they weren't really in love and it was just infatuation. As a result, I couldn't care less about their relationship.
Even my girlfriend who loves chick flicks just as much as the next girl puts this movie up with some of the worst she's ever seen. I gave this movie a 2 out of 10 only because it featured a few decent songs throughout the movie and it was good for some cheap laughs.