A Walk to Remember - PG\nStarring: Shane West, Mandy Moore\nDirected by: Adam Shankman\nShowing: Showplace West 12\nBring your tissues girls. Guys, you might want to bring earplugs to drown out the sound of sniffles you'll hear from the girls during the movie. "A Walk to Remember" captures all the deep emotions many of us hold inside. It will remind you what it feels like to fall in love for the first time, the troubles along the way and the tragic ends that sometimes result.\nWhile you might be skeptical of yet another singer-turned-actress, Mandy Moore proves to be incredible as Jamie Sullivan. She lives in a small town in North Carolina, has no clue how to dress, totes her Bible with her wherever she goes and loves to sing in the church choir. While Sullivan is a prototypical geek in this movie, the thing that makes her character different from geeks in other movies is that she doesn't change. You won't see Sullivan in the end of the movie smoking a cigarette and wearing leather pants and high heels. She sticks to her morals and ways of life. Unfortunately, this includes the way she dresses.\nIf you are not in love with actor Shane West, you soon will be -- just like Moore's character. West's performance as Landon Carter is breathtaking. West will win your heart in "A Walk to Remember," and his character will bring tears to your eyes. His character falls in love with the geeky Jamie Sullivan, even though he is in the popular crowd. Besides problems in the relationship with Sullivan, Carter encounters family and friend problems along the way as well.\nWhile the role of Eric (Al Thompson) isn't a main one in the film, it seems to be a bit of an annoying one. You'd think by now movies would break the stereotype of the "token black guy," but this could be the worst I've seen. Eric is constantly checking out girls and coming out with sexist remarks, calling everyone "brother" and always wanting to party. His character could have been a good one had the writers not stereotyped it so much.\n"A Walk to Remember" had me completely sold until about halfway through when it joined the clone ranks of many movies in its genre. I can't reveal what the cliché is, but it's a typical one that keeps this movie from being anything more than a sappy chick flick.\nI cried four separate times. I cried because I was happy and because I was sad. Of course, most girls will cry at these parts, even if we've seen the same story over and over in movies before. Guys, you might want to skip this one as it definitely fits into the category of a chick flick.\nOverall, Moore pulled off the jump to acting. And while "A Walk to Remember" is cliché, it will warm your heart and make you smile.\n
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