Favorite movie of all time

Rating: 10/10 (24 June 2007)

The first time I ever saw this movie totally surprised me. I wanted to see it on the big screen but wasn't able to so when it came out on DVD, I went to rent it. What a surprise. I've watched Mandy Moore being a spoiled brat in The Princess Diaries before this movie so I didn't expect to see her as a different character. As the movie progressed to where Jamie performs in the play and transforms her image, I was thinking that she would change her looks and dress like her character in the play, boy was I wrong. You would also think that at some point of the rest of the film, she would dress up but the character of Jamie stayed true to herself. Also Shane West's character Landon was a pleasure to watch as his character transforms and he falls in love with Jamie. Their chemistry is so amazing. I've watched this movie numerous times and I still love it. The morals of the movie is so uplifting and refreshing to see compared to other teen movies. A good friend of mine doesn't like the acting in this movie but I totally disagree. I cannot see any other actors playing the roles of Jamie and Landon but Mandy and Shane. It's always nice to hear people seeing this movie by chance and being totally surprised and loving the movie. This is my absolute favorite movie of all time.