Another FAILED Nicholas Sparks Movie!

Rating: 1/10 (10 February 2003)

For those of you who don't know, Nicholas Sparks wrote the book version of this movie. I read the book with my girlfriend a couple of years ago, and we loved it. Nicholas Sparks as an author is one of my favorite authors of today, but when he agrees to let his books be turned into movies, the movies generally suck. Case-in-point: Message in a Bottle (with Kevin Costner and Robin Wright-Penn).
Mandy Moore and Shane West are no better at acting than Britney Spears is at writing her own music (or acting for that matter). Compared to the personalities and emotions conveyed in the book, I'd say that these two teenage meatheads never even come close to getting their characters spot-on.

If you have an opportunity to see this movie, don't go see it. I saw it by accident on a movie channel and once the movie ended, I called up my TV station and demanded a month of free cable in order to make up for the time I lost to watch this movie.
If you want a real drama, read the book by Nicholas Sparks. Movies like A Walk to Remember and Message in a Bottle do nothing but harm the reputation of Sparks as a writer, because each movie based on his books is done horribly.
Score: 1 out of 10 (IMDB should allow for negative scores because this would get a -50,000).