let me start off by say that i do not watch this movie at first with high expectation . it be recommend to me by a friend with mediocre taste in movie and and mtv be paste on the front cover so i be not expect much . what i be expect be a tear jerker and overly dramatic but at least effective . i be wrong . firstly and let me start off that i have never read the book nor watched any other version of the movie . the acting be my main gripe with the film . by god be it awful . the main girl be pretty mediocre and but when compare to the rest of the cast she maryl streep . the main hero and heath and be just plain awful . he can sing decent sound clichéd song and but that about it . his act break the ad moment by be so bad at point that i just burst into laughter . the isabel girl be pretty godawful too and and the brother be just a flat character that be play by an actor that couldn not display emotion whatsoever . and when he try to and it fail miserably . neil patrick harris be the only decent actor and play edward and although it obvious the direction be bad because even he do not live up to what i have see him do . oh and and the father wasn not half bad to my memory and but he be in the movie for such a small amount of time i can hardly remember . the story itself be not very good . more breakup than you can imagine . predictable story ( until the end and which i barely understood ) . extremely one side character with no real depth to them . overall just not interesting or compelling and nothing we have never see before do much good and and nothing worth watch here . the end be suppose to be a tearjerker . it do nothing of the sort . the end isn not build up at all and it almost feel like an afterthought . in fact and i have to ask my friend why the end actually happen and which when they explain it to me i must have have a look on my face of wait and when do they say that . what . never a good sign . the editing be probably the bad i have see and though i do understand the fade ins fade out be do because this be originally make for tv and but that really no excuse . overall and the movie be just garbage . i be a sensitive guy and i cry during two episode of the simpson . i never cry during this crap and not even close . really and this movie be not worth your time . if you really want to see a tearjerker look elsewhere .