a cheesy collection of clichÃ©s

Rating: 6/10 (21 August 2011)

No one has warned me about this, so let me tell you straight away: it's one of those movies where the girl walks out of the theater with tears in her eyes and has no words to how deeply she has just been touched, while the poor guy she was with feels like vomiting. Why is it so? Because the film plays heavily on female psychology: the insecurities, the bad guy syndrome (oh... but he CAN change), the love conquers it all etc. - all the right buttons. It's almost cheating.
And if you happen not to be a member of the fairer sex then the storyline is as disconnected from reality as earth is disconnected from Pluto. You've seen it ten times before and it's just soooo cheesy. Acting is mediocre - Mandy Moore is slightly above average while Shane West is too busy looking good to even care about it.