杰米（曼迪·摩尔 Mandy Moore 饰）是一个学习优秀长相平凡的女生，身为牧师女儿的她信仰坚定，不为人所影响。兰顿（夏恩·韦斯特 Shane West饰）是典型的坏学生，不爱学习，吊儿郎当，瞧不起另类清高的杰米。 　　因为一个过火的恶作剧，兰顿被罚到附属学校去做家教，并且要在一个舞台剧中扮演谦卑角色，而剧中的女主角正是他甚无好感的杰米。杰米对排练的投入渐渐感染了初到剧团的兰顿，兰顿开始投入角色，并对杰米有了改观。然而自信的杰米竟要兰顿立下约誓言，要他一定不能爱上自己。 　　排练的日子相处磨合，男生女生间的感情还是悄悄滋长了。然而杰米却无法接受这个事实。面前这个不思进取的坏学生，怎么可能成为自己的恋人……In Beaufort, North Carolina, a prank on a student goes terribly wrong and puts the student in the hospital. Landon Carter, a popular student with no defined plans for the future, is held responsible and forced to participate in after-school community service activities as punishment, which include starring as the lead in the school play. Also participating in these activities is Jamie Sullivan, the reverend's daughter who has great ambitions and nothing in common with Landon. When Landon decides he wants to take his activities seriously, he asks Jamie for help and begins to spend most of his time with her. But he starts to develop strong feelings for her, something he did not expect to do. The two start a relationship, much to the chagrin of Landon's old popular friends and Jamie's strict reverend father. But when a heart-breaking secret becomes known that puts their relationship to the test, it is then that Landon and Jamie realize the true meaning of love and fate.