The Last Song is a 2010 American coming-of-age drama film developed alongside the Nicholas Sparks novel by the same name. The picture was directed by Julie Anne Robinson in her feature movie directorial debut and co-written by Sparks and Jeff Van Wie. The Last Song casts Miley Cyrus , Greg Kinnear, Kelly Preston and Liam Hemsworth and follows a difficult teenager's story as she reconnects with her separated father and falls in love during a summer in a quiet Southern beach town.

At seventeen, Veronica "Ronnie" Miller (Miley Cyrus ) remains as defiant as she was the day after her parents' nasty split-up and father's following relocation to Georgia three years ago. Once a classical piano sensation under the guidance of her father, Steve Miller ( Greg Kinnear), Ronnie now discards the instrument and has not in good terms with her father since he left. While Juilliard School has been interested in her since she was young, Ronnie refuses to attend.

Now, Steve is given the chance to reconnect with his separated daughter when her mother, Kim (Kelly Preston) sends the disobedient teen and her younger brother, Jonah (Bobby Coleman), to spend the summer with him. Steve, a former Juilliard School professor and live show pianist, now lives a quiet life in Tybee Island, the small Georgia beach town where he grew up, working on a stained glass window for the local church to replace the one the church lost in a fire.

Upon arrival, Ronnie is miserable, hostile and self-protective toward all those around her, including good-looking, popular Will Blakelee ( Liam Hemsworth) - until, after both she and Will become concerned in protecting a Loggerhead Sea Turtle nest, she discovers he is deeper than she believed. She then finds out that her father has cancer, and it is very malign. As Ronnie falls in love with Will, she also makes an effort to bond with her father Steve through the one thing they have in common- music. Her relationships have a lot of ups and downs, and Will goes to college and leaves her. In the end, her father dies, and she plays the last song he ever composed at his funeral. Then, she finds Will, who moved to Columbia to be closer to her, and they get back together.

The Last Song had originally been scheduled for a January 8, 2010 release, but on September 22, 2009 it was announced the release had been delayed until April 2, 2010.  Reviews for The Last Song have been generally negative. It currently holds a 13% approval rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 78 reviews. The Last Song is similar to Dear John (2010, Lasse Hallström) The Notebook  (2004, Nick Cassavetes)

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