Sappy

Rating: 7/10 (24 February 2002)

Although the movie was well scripted and fairly acted, it was very mushy and predictable. Those of you who didn't read the bestseller when it first arrived on bookshelves had no idea what you were getting yourself into, but for us we were quite surprised that the great book was adapted into a movie. This was an excellent choice for Mandy Moore to pick as her first starring lead role in a motion picture, and she is a fine actress with great learning talent. Shane West was excellent as the heartthrob/ bad-boy, but not a far departure from his current character on "Once and Again". All and all the movie was moderately good, but needed more substance and less reliability on the romantic element.