Ambitious but not convincing

Rating: 5/10 (16 February 2003)

The first 2/3 of this movie reminds of "She's All That" (popular guy falls in love with a wallflower) and many scenes would be quite interchangeable.
Instead the last third deals with some really serious things (I don't want to spoil to much here) rather then giving an everybody's happy-ending like "She's all that" does. Anyway - depending on your attitude - you may find this part kitschy (and if you do, you're going to find it *really* kitschy). Other may see it as a demonstration of true love or even interpretate it religiously, however it was definitively to much kitsch for me to like it.
The characters, their development and their interaction weren't believeable to me at all (not the cast's fault, they played solid). In my opinion this film trys to be deep but goes for story development and character's action instead of focussing the characters themselves. That doesn't work out and so I saw a - without doubt ambitious - but in the end only average teen love story, most of the time lightly told and with some serious elements which just doesn't fit in.
If you liked "She's All That" then you'll probably like this one too, if you didn't, save your time and watch something else (concerning love storys "Der Krieger und die Kaiserin" would be a good counterpoint to this film).
5 out of 10.