In Beaufort, North Carolina, a prank on a student goes terribly wrong and puts the student in the hospital. Landon Carter, a popular student with no defined plans for the future, is held responsible and forced to participate in after-school community service activities as punishment, which include starring as the lead in the school play. Also participating in these activities is Jamie Sullivan, th... e reverend's daughter who has great ambitions and nothing in common with Landon. When Landon decides he wants to take his activities seriously, he asks Jamie for help and begins to spend most of his time with her. But he starts to develop strong feelings for her, something he did not expect to do. The two start a relationship, much to the chagrin of Landon's old popular friends and Jamie's strict reverend father. But when a heart-breaking secret becomes known that puts their relationship to the test, it is then that Landon and Jamie realize the true meaning of love and fate.Read moreLess
Walk to Remember, A From the director of The Wedding Planner comes a star vehicle for pop singer Mandy Moore. Teen slop
From the infamously awful (Mariah Carey's Glitter) to the infinitely cheesy (Britney Spears' Crossroads), star vehicles for pop princesses run the whole gamut of clich??d filmmaking. But even by these low standards, A Walk To Remember, which showcases the acting talents of US teen pop star Mandy Moore, remains resolutely dull and unimaginative.
Moore plays Jamie Sullivan, the pious daughter of the local preacher and school outcast, who's thrown into the company of the popular and rebellious Landon Carter (West). What starts off as a secret f...
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Another music star makes her transition from songstress to actress... however this is suprisingly good, once past the usual teen flick it gets to some real unexpected depths as Shane West (Get Over It) falls for young Mandy Moore (Princess Diaries) and trys to help her live out her dreams, this isn't quite romeo and juliet but it's still heart renching stuff that proves some of these kid's really can act! The film is innocent enough but the issues at hand are directed at a more adult audience... hankys at the ready!
Walk to Remember, A
Based 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...
Walk to Remember, A
This Mandy Moore vehicle has a risible Footloose meets Love Story plot aimed at the kids who might propel the American...
