Truly, touching and Remarkable Film

Rating: Null/10 (6 September 2002)

This film touched me in a way that no other film has. This movie has changed me in was that I never thought possible. Your probably going "yeah right", but it's true. Jamie inspired me to be a better person to live life to the full and most of all not change to fit others ideal, be yourself and love who you are. This is a beautiful love story between two of the most unlikely people. Landon Carters, a rebel, cool in his own way gets into trouble and if forced to community service where he keeps running into Jamie Sullivan, daughter of the local Baptist Minster. Her and Carter have known each other from their childhood, but he never really got her. Mandy Moore makes an incredible performance, with true emotion, and displays that she is no Britney Spears and this was no Crossroads. But the best performance can from TV's Once and Again star, Shane West who shone in his role of bad boy turned romantic. The end scene with his father is really moving and shows that he has pure talent and is here to stay. This moving will make you laugh and cry and often both at the same time. Jamie's courage and everlasting faith will inspire you and Landon's devotion and capacity to love unconditionally will lift you to a higher level. This is most certainly not just another teen movie despite obvious misconceptions. The stereotypes of the cool kids and the losers and over extenuated to the point of unrealism like in most teen movies. Also the movie does not end with the prom. Not to mention the fact that they did not overdo the singing, she sung when she had to, but not at every chance she got. And my favourite thing is that Jamie does not change she has beliefs and ideals and she does not compromise them for anyone. She does not get a makeover, she doesn't need to do that, she know whom she is and she likes her. She is confident, but not cocky and she keeps a hold if whom she is even though there are a lot of rapid changes that happen. After reading the book I do not believe that one is better than the other. They are very different which can be a good thing, because the book was set in 1950's and some of the things, which happened in the book, would not have been relevant now. But it still holds on to the themes and meaning of the book. This movie should be commended for its high spirit and values and not judged.