Montage editor reviews newest Miley Cyrus movie
By: Jeanetta Roberts
– Online and Photo Editor –
In the novel “The Last Song,” best-selling author Nicholas Sparks once again moves his readers with an emotional story full of romance and drama, complete with a bittersweet ending while director of the movie version, Julie Anne Robinson, fails to deliver the entire package Sparks created.
Sparks beautifully depicts an emotional summer in the life of the troubled 17-year-old Victoria “Ronnie” Miller as she reluctantly spends her summer reconnecting with her father in South Carolina. During her stay, Ronnie experiences an intense summer romance, betrayal of friendship, and all, around heartache.
While the movie does a seemingly good job of capturing the flowery summer romance between Will (Liam Hemsworth) and Ronnie (Miley Cyrus) and other heartbreaking issues, it unfortunately left out key points that lead up to the ending and the betrayal and fear that Ronnie experiences with certain friends.
The opening scenes of the movie are just like a typical Disney movie until about halfway throug when it becomes completely depressing. Anyone with a heart will be left crying along with the actors until
the very end.
Of course, as with any movie starring a singer-turned-actress, how could the corny and completely unnecessary scene showing off Cyrus’s singing “ability” not be included?
On the other hand, the decisions to cast Greg Kinnear to take on the role of Ronnie’s father, Steve, and Bobby Colemn to portray her brother, Jonah, were brilliant as the actors both brought the characters to life just as Sparks describes them.
This movie is great for teenage girls who are looking for a reason to cry for a good hour or so but opted out of reading the novel. For those who have read the book beforehand, the movie is simply just a disappointment.
“The Last Song” runs 107 minutes and is rated PG-13.
