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Rating: 3/10 (19 August 2010)

The Last Song
Like their seasonal namesake, summer flings are sweaty, sleepless affairs that generally last for two-months before abruptly ending, leaving your body covered in strange rashes and bite marks.
Sadly, the summer tryst of the troubled teen in this romantic/drama ends on a much more tragic note.
Forced to spend the summer with her estranged/musician father (Greg Kinnear), the unruly, yet gifted, Ronnie (Miley Cyrus) is disgruntled.
Her gloomy disposition, however, doesn't dissuade a local (Liam Hemsworth) from romantically pursuing her. Unfortunately, his efforts are trumped by news her father has cancer.
Layered with lachrymose love and loss motifs, The Last Song is typical Nicolas Sparks schmaltz made even worse by a lead actress whose awkward jaw is apposite evidence of her scene chewing abilities.
As for the best part of a summer romance: You only have to stay fit and look sexually attractive for, like, 12-weeks out of the year. (Red Light)