A Walk To Remember on DVD (2002)
RelatedCritics ReviewsBased on Nicholas Sparks's bestseller and featuring MTV pop singer Mandy Moore in her first leading movie role, this type of love story might have worked back in the seventies, but it's far too cloying and contrived to seduce today's down-to-earth teenagers. At least seasoned actors Peter Coyote and Daryl Hannah cope well in their atypical roles as a preacher and a single mother. However, Moore barely convinces as the ultra-demure daughter of a small-town Baptist minister who falls for rebellious Shane West while rehearsing a play he's been forced to appear in as a school punishment. Director Adam Shankman is apparently trying to reproduce an audience-friendly date movie in the vein of previous offering The Wedding Planner, but few will buy his patronising discussion of faith and morality or his mawkish approach to a tragic turn of events. Time Out This Mandy Moore vehicle has a risible Footloose meets Love Story plot aimed at the kids who might propel the American... Read more on www.timeout.com Halliwell's Film Guide Gruesomely sentimental teen variation on Love Story that failed to launch a movie career for singer Mandy Morore. Members ReviewsReviews Voted Most HelpfulMost Recent Reviews |
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