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A Walk to Remember (2002)
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This type of love story might have worked back in the 1970s, but it's far too cloying and contrived to seduce today's down-to-earth teenagers. In her first leading movie role, MTV pop singer Mandy Moore barely convinces as the ultra-demure daughter of a small-town Baptist minister who falls for rebellious Shane West while rehearsing a play that he's been forced to appear in as a school punishment. As Moore and West struggle, it's left to the experienced Peter Coyote and Daryl Hannah to take the acting honours in atypical roles as a preacher and a single mother. It seems as if director Adam Shankman is attempting to produce an audience-friendly date movie in the vein of his previous offering The Wedding Planner. However, few will buy his patronising discussion of faith and morality or his mawkish approach to a tragic turn of events. DP
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Running time
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97min
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Country of origin
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US
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Genre
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Romantic Drama
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Karen Janszen, from the novel by Nicholas Sparks
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Theatrical distributor
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Helkon SK
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UK cinema certificate
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PG
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UK cinema release date
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September 2002
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