Critic score: 25/100 - User score: 8.2/10 - According to the poster, Chris Klein smolders in every second of this movie. Now that I'd like to see. Let's see some steam radiating off of Mr. Klein. Meow. Anyway, this is about three teens who meet over a Summer. Love happens. Tragedy happens. Sexy stuff probably happens. That's everything you could possibly want in a teen film.
What critics said: "An almost terminally sappy youth romance." I'm going to guess that most of these professional critics weren't teenagers. Teenagers tend to have jobs like McDonald's fry cook, or movie theater puke-cleaner-upper. This movie isn't for adults, so if you're judging it on adult terms, of course it's going to suck. Teens ate this crap up, which is why it has such a high user score.