Teen weepie. All you really need to know is that it's based on a novel by the author of Message in a Bottle, Nicholas Sparks: your guarantee of unintended mirth. Pop singer Mandy Moore (singing two songs in that voguishly warped and wobbly vocal style that sounds as though the Walkman's batteries are running low) and Shane West are the mismatched lovers: the ostracized Goody-Two-Shoes and the hub of the in crowd, respectively. And their grand romance, ill-starred but inspirational, generates about the same warmth and passion as a TV evangelist with his hand out. Peter Coyote, Daryl Hannah; directed by Adam Shankman. — Duncan Shepherd
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