Not Bad...

Rating: 10/10 (25 January 2002)

It's kind of hard to write a review on this movie because there's only so much that I can say without ruining the entire plot for everyone who hasn't seen it, but I'll try my best not to do so. Anyway, I had read the novel 'A Walk to Remember' in which this movie was based on a few years ago and I was kind of disappointed to see that the film didn't stay very true to the book. There were ALOT of differences, almost too many, so if you're one of those people who like it when movies stay true to their adoptive novels then you might not like this one. I however did enjoy the film very much; it was cheesy at times but it had a very touching and memorable storyline along with some pretty fine acting if I do say so myself. Mandy Moore is a beautiful girl and it was VERY hard to make her role as the school outcast seem believable (it kinda worked), and Shane West did pretty good as his role of the bad guy turned good. The last half-hour of this movie is quite depressing; I don't think there was a dry eye in the theatre as the final scenes were very touching and sad. Overall I'd say it was a pretty good movie and I do recommend it to those who enjoy mushy romantic stuff. If you're not a fan of romance then you probably shouldn't waste your time seeing this one. Kudos to the entire cast and crew of "A Walk to Remember" for doing a superb job!