| 75 |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
A love story so sweet, sincere and positive that it sneaks past the defenses built up in this age of irony.
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| 75 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
It's wholesome as a glass of milk, and as refreshing.
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| 75 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Octavio Roca
A movie for teenagers, and, as these things go, very entertaining.
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| 67 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Ellen A. Kim
What saves the film is the chemistry between the two leads.
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| 60 |
LA Weekly
Chuck Wilson
West delivers the emotional goods when tragedy strikes in the final reel. If 17-year-old pop star Moore isn't a skilled actress, she's at least unassuming.
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| 60 |
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
This realist fairy tale of impossible love has a fair amount of nuance and charm.
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| 60 |
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
A sensitively told story of first love that could have been more affecting with a little more grit and without so mawkish a score.
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| 50 |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
There's nothing remotely memorable about this walk.
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| 50 |
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
The film is well-scrubbed of anything resembling sexuality, more a nonthreatening fairy tale than the romantic drama it aims to be. Its appeal flies straight to the hearts of 13-year-old girls.
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| 50 |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
About as edgy as a cup of Ovaltine, A Walk to Remember is an old-fashioned teen romance so sweet and free of irony that criticizing it feels like taking a baseball bat to a sack full of newborn kittens.
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| 50 |
Variety
Joe Leydon
A glossy teen-weepie romance that often plays like an inspirational indie skewed toward Christian niche market.
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| 50 |
New Times (L.A.)
Bill Gallo
Parents wishing to protect their beloved daughters from cliché overload might do well to withhold the old allowance money for a couple of weeks -- until the inevitable bout of Mandymoviemania subsides.
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| 38 |
USA Today
Mike Clark
Goo oozes without mercy in A Walk to Remember.
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| 38 |
Baltimore Sun
Roger Moore
For grownups, this treacle is going to be pretty hard to swallow.
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| 38 |
Boston Globe
Jonathan Perry
A movie where the miracles -- and treacly moments -- keep topping each other.
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| 38 |
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Kevin Courrier
Since the movie has so little conviction, or personality of its own, it's a walk you can easily forget.
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| 30 |
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Scott Tobias
Basically a prim, desexualized "Carrie," told from the prom date's perspective and featuring Peter Coyote in the Piper Laurie role.
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| 30 |
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Audiences who have avoided the multiplex these last few years because of the garbage peddled there are the only ones for whom this overly familiar "Walk" will be memorable.
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| 30 |
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
A vehicle for teen singing sensation Mandy Moore. As vehicles go, it's an Edsel.
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| 30 |
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
Proves that a movie about goodness is not the same thing as a good movie.
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| 25 |
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Self-respecting filmgoers will find this a "Walk" to dismember.
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| 25 |
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
The audience for this chaste teen romance won't be film lovers, as the movie is sappy and listlessly paced. But it's just the ticket for people who want their movies sanitized.
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| 25 |
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder
Good performances in bad movies are nothing new, but it's sad that Moore's first major cinematic outing scrapes the bottom of the melodramatic barrel.
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| 25 |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Just because A Walk to Remember is shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts doesn't mean it's good enough for our girls. They're willing to buy tickets; why not honor their wits as well as their wallets?
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| 11 |
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
Takes the giant leap from your run-of-the-mill mediocrity into an alternative universe of awfulness.
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| 10 |
Film Threat
Michael Dequina
A monstrosity of a movie that I am all too eager to forget.
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