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A Walk to Remember

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Set in North Carolina, "A Walk To Remember" follows the rite of passage of a jaded, aimless high school senior (Shane West) who falls in love with a guileless young woman (Mandy Moore) he and his friends once scorned. The two develop a powerful and inspirational relationship in which they discover truths that take most people a lifetime to learn.
A Walk to Remember

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Though wholesome, the Mandy Moore vehicle A Walk to Remember is also bland and oppressively syrupy.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Dec 21, 2010
2/5
Too-syrupy re-tread of Love Story. Go to Full Review
Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader Jan 20, 2010
This realist fairy tale of impossible love has a fair amount of nuance and charm. Go to Full Review
Christy Lemire Associated Press Jan 20, 2010
It's an overwrought teen weepy, Terms of Endearment for the TRL crowd. Go to Full Review
Rachel Wagner Hallmarkies Podcast Sep 4, 2024
The best of the Nicholas Sparks films. Great chemistry. Sweet story Go to Full Review
Patricia Karounos Refinery29 Oct 23, 2023
The pit in your stomach that forms when her reasoning is finally revealed never quite goes away, even as the young couple stay steadfast in their love for each other. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Dec 19, 2022
2.5/4
This was greeted with savage reviews upon its initial release, but it's actually one of the better Mandy Moore movies, one of the better Nicholas Sparks adaptations, and one of the worthier faith-based flicks. Go to Full Review
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Feb 23, 2019 Perhaps people who are rating this didn't see it when it came out? This is a great, classic tearjerker. Its Nicholas Sparks! Its a simple film. Dramatic but not overly done. It's a sweet story and unlike a lot of the movies that came out at the time, it wasn't about the main character going through a makeover and becoming popular, it was more about someone who maintained the integrity of who she was and being loved for it. Good chemistry between Shane West and Mandy Moore. The characters were slightly annoying at times but it all balances out. Its definitely in the binge pile of dusty romance DVD's from the 90's and sub 2010. See more
Luke L Jan 2, 2019 The Rom-Com to shut every other romcom out of existence A walk to remember may perhaps be cherished in the directed demography but for others this is nothing short of an exercise in boredom. Romance, tears, and not a well-developed character in sight - what more could one expect from the director of The Wedding Planner? Once again, director Adam Shankman has foisted upon the public a production so narrowly targeted that a majority of movie-goers will ignore its existence. In the case of A Walk to Remember, the only people likely to have nice things to say about what's on the screen are girls in their pre-teen and early teenage years, and the word "discrimination" is rarely used to describe their movie-going habits. (Chick flick of the highest order). See more
Finn W Jan 2, 2019 A movie that i recommended to everyone i know.A very inspiring and emotional love story. See more
Hermione S Nov 29, 2018 This was a great movie . See more
Albus L Oct 30, 2018 Best chick flick I've seen See more
Rey G Sep 19, 2018 This is a terrible movie. This film deserves to have at least a 33% RT audience score. The critics usually have good taste and judgment in movies. The audience have bad taste and poor judgment in movies. Why do so many of the audience like this boring ass film? Most critics are right about this garbage movie. The story is so incredibly bland and uninteresting. The movie's plot is also lacking. Very forgettable film. This movie has so many cliches, so many cliches that it's hard to to take this movie seriously. Even by early 2000s standards it was a cliched film. One of the worst book-to-movie adaptations ever. A Walk to Remember is so bland and oppressively syrupy. Shane West sucks as an actor and Mandy Moore sucks as an actress. Out of the two lead actors, Mandy Moore was easily the worst. Mandy Moore's bad acting was just the icing on the shit cake. She didn't even act like she was sick nor act like she had leukemia. Terrible, overrated, boring, cliche, predictable, bland, syrupy, sleep-inducing teen romance film with uninteresting characters and bad performances. Mandy Moore's movies suck. Shane West just looked bored out of his mind for almost the entire first half of the movie. He has the charisma and acting range of a dry banana peel. Mandy Moore had a blank look in her face and eyes for most of the movie. She has the charisma and acting range of a wooden mannequin. Shane West and Mandy Moore couldn't act their selves out of a wet paper bag. Nicolas Sparks movies are extremely and incredibly overrated, especially this one. I honestly felt no emotions watching this terrible, terrible, pathetic excuse of a teen romance film. It is so terrible that I would even put it in the same league as the Twilight movies. What annoys me the most about this film is that so many idiots keep on thinking and saying that this is one of the best movies ever made and it's NOT!!!! There are people that say that this was one of the best movies of the 2000s and the best movie of 2002, and it's BULLSHIT!!!!! This is one of the WORST MOVIES OF THE 2000s AND ONE OF THE WORST MOVIES OF 2002!!!! I might even go as far as saying that this is one of the WORST FILMS EVER MADE. There were plenty of better movies in 2002 than this pile of horseshit such as Spider-Man. Even Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones and Men In Black II were so much better than this garbage film. Why was this steaming pile of horseshit even made? One of the blandest, most cliched, most unrealistic, and most boring movies ever made. I dream of the day people stop praising this garbage. Stupid movie. Rating: 2.7/10 See more
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Movie Info

Synopsis Set in North Carolina, "A Walk To Remember" follows the rite of passage of a jaded, aimless high school senior (Shane West) who falls in love with a guileless young woman (Mandy Moore) he and his friends once scorned. The two develop a powerful and inspirational relationship in which they discover truths that take most people a lifetime to learn.
Director
Adam Shankman
Producer
Denise Di Novi, Hunt Lowry
Screenwriter
Karen Janszen
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Pandora, DiNovi Pictures
Rating
PG (Some Sensual Material|Language|Thematic Elements)
Genre
Romance, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 25, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 28, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$41.2M
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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