Based on the eponymous novel by Nicholas Sparks: a rebellious teen (Miley Cyrus) from a broken home is sent to a small, Georgia beach town to spend the summer with her father (Greg Kinnear), who struggles to reconnect with her and share their mutual love of music. Also with Kelly Preston and Liam Hemsworth. Directed by Julie Anne Robinson. [1:47]

SEX/NUDITY 3 - A teenage boy and a teenage girl kiss passionately and he lifts her into his arms while they kiss. Teenage boys and teenage girls kiss throughout the movie, and teenage boys and girls, as well as men and women, hug warmly and hold hands. A man and a woman kiss during a wedding ceremony.
► A teenage boy attempts to place his arm around the leg of a teenage girl, who pushes him off; he then puts his arms around her shoulders and she pushes herself away.
► A man tells a teenage boy to not try "any funny business," the teenage boy acts confused, and the man elaborates that he had "done funny business" in the past, but does not explain what he meant.
► At a beach, many people are seen in bathing suits, including women in bikinis and bare-chested men. A teenage girl wears cleavage-revealing shirts as well as shirts that expose her bare abdomen. While trying on outfits, a teenage girl pushes up her cleavage and it appears that socks fall from under the dress (implying they had fallen from her bra). Shirtless young men play volleyball game.

VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - A young man is heard shouting and is then seen dragging a teenage girl away in a choke-hold; a teenage boy attempts to calm the young man down, the young man shakes a large crowbar at the teenage boy, then drops the crowbar, he and the teenage boy wrestle, and the teenage boy straddles the young man and punches him in the face repeatedly, causing him to have a bloodied mouth and nose.
► A man stumbles to the ground and a teenage girl shouts to a boy to call 911; the man is later seen looking very ashen, saying that he did not have much longer to live and his limp arm is later seen, implying that he is dead. Firemen are seen dragging a limp body from a burning building, the person begins to cough and it is later established that no injuries were sustained during the fire.
► A teenage girl angrily shoves a teenage boy while shouting loudly at him to leave her alone. People get in multiple loud arguments, including a teenage girl shouting at a man and a boy shouting at a man and teenage girl.
► A teenage boy slaps a box of popcorn out of the hands of another teenage boy. During a volleyball game, a teenage boy slams into a teenage girl, accidentally causing her to spill a milkshake over herself. During a volleyball game, young men slam violently into the ground as they dive for the ball.
► A teenage boy tells a teenage girl that he had a brother who died in a car accident the previous year and that the accident was a result of his mother becoming distracted by him and wrecking the car. A boy jokes that a teenage boy will wait so long that he might possibly die or be eaten by raccoons.
► A teenage girl and a teenage boy engage in multiple playful fights, including wrestling each another, being pulled into a large diving tank filled with fish and throwing mud.

LANGUAGE 3 - 2 scatological terms, 6 mild obscenities, name-calling (pushy, conceited, brat, stupid, creep, coward), 4 religious exclamations.

SUBSTANCE USE - A man says he had fallen asleep while "on drugs" (implied pain medication for an illness), which resulted in a fire. Underage drinking is implied on multiple occasions, including while driving, a teenage boy acts out in violence while inebriated, a teenage boy explains that he and other teenage boys had been inebriated, and people drink wine and champagne at dinner and at a party.

DISCUSSION TOPICS - Divorce, underage drinking, verbal/physical abuse in teenage relationships, arson, death, loss, love, infidelity, terminal illnesses, shoplifting.

MESSAGE - It is important to cherish your time with your loved ones.