Solid movie but way overloaded

Rating: 8/10 (19 August 2002)

I gave the movie an 8 a few minutes after I saw it... Would change it to 6 or 7 now that I slept a night... Not that the movie is bad, but it was way too overloaded when I think about it... The theme has been in hundreds of movies before and this one isn't the best. But it was nice, the actors gave good performances and if you are able to sit back and don't think about the originality of the story you'll like it. Especially if you like Mandy Moore ;) (which acted much better than I expected). Since I don't want to spoil anything I will just say that esp. the end of the movie was the part that was the most overloaded. Too many plot-lines solved at once... You can all see it coming from the beginning or the moment the matter is first mentioned in the movie. Overall not a masterpiece of film but solid as I said... I was able to enjoy it and that's what's important :)