A Walk To Remember

By Lisa Schwarzbaum
Published on February 15, 2002 05:00AM EST

A sugar-frosted sob-a-thon for preteen girls about a devoutly Christian-lite girl (Mandy Moore) who reforms the wild ways of a popular boy (Shane West), who falls in love with her, which is his tough luck, because she’s got a tears-for-a-teen-angel secret. When television offers this audience a selection of nonconformist models no less virtuous, why settle for this spiritual junk food? D

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