Once you think you've seen it all....

Rating: 9/10 (22 February 2002)

I remember seeing the previews for "A Walk To Remember" and thinking three things. The first was "Oh, a Mandy Moore movie, how much you wanna' bet that will be the most brainless teen flick of the year?" The second was "Can we say predictable? " And my third thought was "Shane West is HOT!" As it turns out, the only one of those three observances was right, and lucky for me (and the rest of the female population) it was that Shane West is, indeed, VERY ATTRACTIVE. "A Walk To Remember" is more than just the flighty teen flick it looked like in the previews. This movie isn't just a plug for Mandy Moore songs and an excuse to stare at Shane West for a few hours, it is both moving and meaningful. I'm often very hard on movies if I feel like they don't have enough substance or character development. "A Walk To Remember" has you leaving the theater after some good ole' catharsis, as well as feeling like you just made some new close friends. I definitely recommend this movie, and warn that it IS a tear-jerker. But then again, it sometimes feels better to cry then to hold it all in, and if you get to watch this movie while doing it, it's not too bad of a deal.