Uncomfortable for a Good Reason

Rating: Null/10 (23 October 2003)

One minor spoiler
Considering the junk you see in movies now-a-days, I place this one at the top of the list for anyone to watch as far as young love stories go. I was impressed with Mandy Moore's performance and the rest of the cast. The setting was impressive as well. It was overall a nice, wrapped up, predictable picture. There were however, a few flaws I found with this movie. Like others, I haven't read the book so I don't have the accuracy or the comparison to draw off from. I think that they plopped her illness in at such a bad time. It was like "lets set these two different people together, get them to fall in love then BAM! lets make her sick so he can really appreciate her, then lets go into mush overdrive". There wasn't any hint of her illness to me, so I felt that it could have been handled better.
I found the morality of this movie a rarity but wonderful to see. I've watched this movie more than once and I feel the same unease I feel afterwards. This movie showed me that we should treat people like bowls of water filled to the brim. Handle with care. Don't assume. Be kind. This movie was uncomfortable for a good reason.