The Last Song

When I overlook how fabulous stories can be from the pen of Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song is a pleasant summer memory. It contains everything cheerful, sad, unjust, and emotional. All actors, especially Greg Kinnear, pull at times too sentimental heartstrings through all the twists and turns, and with more distance, this smaller teenage testimony surprisingly becomes a solid drama. The original work can then be seen as a traditionally tear-jerking tribute. (26.11.2010)

Aside from Miley Cyrus' stupid and perpetually pouty face, I enjoyed the movie. But there were some very naive and over the top scenes that I slowly got sick of. The plot is very predictable, but the filmmakers have once again played it safe. I have to admit that I'm pretty sick of Miley and next time I'd rather see her in something like Hannah Montana again. Her casting in this film gave me quite a pause because then I don't understand who the target audience is. The film pretends to be a bit of a teen romance, but the drama part may be too much for a ten-year-old-girl. I have to applaud anyway... Greg Kinnear actually acted more than well. (18.08.2011)

This was really good. Anyone who has seen this film and still continues to claim that Miley Cyrus can't act is simple wrong now - however, those of us who have any sense of objectivity simply have to admit it. She gave a really good performance, and what was even better was that she was not overshadowed by the excellent Greg Kinnear. The only thing that bothered me was Liam Hemsworth (my heterosexuality caused that), but even his loverboy was bearable. The screenplay of The Last Song is not very revelatory - you can actually guess how the film will turn out from the very beginning, but thanks to the actors this is not as much of a minus as in other films. I definitely give the film a point for the fact that although it looks like a typical holiday film at the beginning, it turns into a drama full of real emotions. And with nice music. (19.03.2011)