Verdict: A generic and sentimental romantic drama.
If you're a fan of Nicholas Spark's romantic novels and their screen adaptations, such as tear-jerkers The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, and A Walk to Remember, then stock up on tissues because The Last Song is more of the same.
This is Miley Cyrus's first non-Hannah Montana role, and although her character Ronnie Miller contains plenty of Cyrus/Montana spirit, the challenge appears to be just a little out of her reach.
The Last Song is a schmaltzy film about relationships; about how life-changing and heartbreaking they can be. It's the story of a young woman who reconnects with her estranged father, finds her first true love and saves some baby turtles, all of which help her figure out just who she is.
Ronnie, a rebellious, musically gifted 17-year-old is still bitter about her parents' divorce. Along with younger brother Jonah (Bobby Coleman) she is sent from New York to spend the summer with her father Steve (Kinnear) on Tybee Island, Georgia, and she doesn't hold back in letting her father know how unhappy she is to be there.
