Mandy Moore proves herself to be one incredible performer in this movie. (SPOILER)

Rating: 10/10 (14 August 2002)

SPOILER
Mandy Moore captivates the audience as Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of a small North Carolina town preacher, who doesn't seem to fit in at the local high school. Jamie is a girl who doesn't care what others think and lives life to the fullest by being a good Christian girl with many ambitions. Her life changes when the popular guy, Landon Carter, due to being punished by the principal, ends up in her drama club and tutoring at the same junior high that she does. Through many encounters on his way to being a better actor in the high school play, they fall in love, though Jamie requested he not do it. The role of Jamie fits Mandy Moore so well and she brings to it a light of innocence and passion. Shane West in the role of Landon Carter, is not too bad himself. He follows Mandy through the movie, taking what she throws at him. Her smile--unmistakably Mandy, so beautiful, so radiant, so full of pure emotion. This movie is everything a movie should be--awesome!!