Belo Desastre

I fully expected to hate this - but, well, I didn't. "Abby" (Virginia Gardner) is fed up picking up the pieces for her gambler father so heads to college in California. First night there, she and her pal "America" (Libe Barer) head off to a student equivalent of "Fight Club" where she meets the bare knuckle champion "Travis" (Dylan Sprouse). Replete with some of his latest victim's blood on her top, she feigns a loathing for the man but... Shortly afterwards, their dorm water supply runs dry and she has to move in with her friend. Guess what? Yep, one of her new roomies is none other than the mischievous pugilist. There now follows a rather contrived - and frankly ridiculous - bet that sees her end up sharing his bed for a month, Will they, won't they? That doesn't matter - this film isn't about jeopardy. It's about pretty people having a bit of a laugh and hoping some of that rubs off on us. I found there to a bit of chemistry between the two, "Travis" is actually quite charismatic and the humour is marginally more sophisticated than we would find in, say, the interminable "After..." series of teen melodramas. It's trying to do grown up, and it makes a half-decent fist of it. The last twenty minutes are particularly daft though - and did rather ruin the thing. It certainly does not need a cinema viewing (even though there were certainly 50+ people at the screening I attended) - but even if it is too long, it's still an OK watch.

One of my favorite romantic books ever turned into a completely and I mean COMPLETELY different story! Too bad , I really love this book. In fact I don't know how many Times I even read it. The movie is fun and cute but it's truly another story. They missed entire Abby / Travis playing hot / cold. Parker is an idiot in book but not in this way. I just wish they really did justice to this book. But hey at least more people will find out about it and read it. If you haven't already you should. It's amazing love story of bad boy and virgin girl. Really really!!! Can someone start doing justice to good books please? 😊

Laughably bad, but at least I laughed.

This movie was nothing like the book, except for the character's names. The acting was atrocious and there was barely any chemistry...I came for the steam, but there is no water in my iron, so everything came out forced. I did not believe him as a fighter, so every scene he fought in made me laugh...his one liners made him seem more Spiderman than a brawler. Her gambling scene seemed more juvenile than something that would happen in real life. There was some funny moments but at one point I was wondering if I was laughing because it was funny or because it was sad.

This movie was a DISASTER, for sure not a beautiful one. The girl who played Abby is the worst actor I have ever seen. I could have walked up day of shooting and done a better job than her. It's honestly hard for me to think they watched this back and then signed off on it. If my ticket wasn't $20, I would have left the theater. As someone who has read this whole series multiple times, the day they were released, the movie was an utter disappointment. They turned it into a rom-com and then tried way too hard to be funny so then it wasn't actually funny. There was no depth or even conversation that would warrant love leading up to the "I love You's". I know they can't put everything from the book in the movie but my goodness. They took everything that made the book good out and replaced it with terrible acting, no plot, and lame comedy. 1000000/10 DO NOT RECOMMEND.

I wasn't expecting to much, so this movie never disappointed me and I was entertained:-)

It is what the title says: a beautiful disaster. It's a beautiful cast and they where perfectly suited for their parts, but the rest was pretty much a disaster. This is clearly a low budget movie and could have easily been a lot better, if they wanted to make it better. I'm not familiar with the storyline of the books and don't have any desire to read them, but I like the premise and the plot have potential. Not blockbuster potential, but it could have been better executed. I do hope they makes the sequels.