Happy Valentine’s Day. I can’t offer you chocolate or flowers or a love note from a Hemsworth brother. But I can offer you a swath of escapist movies to suit or soothe your mood.
Take two of these and tweet me in the morning.Your mood: So sappy, sentimental and Hallmark-y, you could cryYour movie: A Walk to Remember (2002) Yeeeears before Mandy Moore made you cry on a weekly basis in This Is Us, she starred in Nicholas Sparks‘ first five-hanky adapation. (And she was a teen pop star.
But that’s a story for another holiday.) Recap: A high school punk (Shane West) falls for a bookish student (Moore) who has a penchant for artistry and overalls.
So far, so cute, right? Then she reveals she has leukemia. (Pause to wipe eyes with tissue). Though the cry-fest is shamelessly overwrought, the two actors nicely underplay their performances.
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