Predictable

Rating: Null/10 (28 December 2002)

Nicholas Sparks, best-selling author, wrote the novel A Walk to Remember a few years ago, but was only adapted into a film this year (2002).
Although the movie is based on the book, there are few similarities between the two. It seems they've just kept the names, the plot (which involves a severe illness, but I won't spoil it), and the poem, read near the end of the film, about love, and the many ways it works.
A Walk to Remember surrounds the characters Landon Carter (Shane West), a troubled teen who drinks, talks back, and breaks school rules; and then there's Jamie Sullivan (Mandy Moore), a priest's daughter; she's very religious, a bit of a loner, and her ambition is to witness a miracle.
Of course, we all know what's going to happen--some of us will know directly from the first scene, but I'll just summarize the rest of the story as best I can without spoiling anything.
Landon falls for Jamie, after spending time with her to practice lines for a school play, due out in Spring. He realizes (eventually) that he doesn't care if his friends, the 'cool crowd' if you may, tease him for being with a girl of Jamie's stature.
It is definitely a sweet love story, filled with tear-filled moments that make you want to cry, too. Overall, out of 10, I give this a 6.5.