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Although Chloë Grace Moretz gives it her all and the story adds an intriguing supernatural twist to its melodramatic YA framework, If I Stay is ultimately more manipulative than moving.
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The title refers to Mia's fraught decision-should she cling to existence or just give up?-and, well before the end, even loyal viewers will be begging her to hurry up and choose. Sep 15, 2014 | Full Review…
The title refers to Mia's fraught decision-should she cling to existence or just give up?-and, well before the end, even loyal viewers will be begging her to hurry up and choose.
Anthony Lane
Documentarian R.J. Cutler, in his feature debut, joins Moretz in delivering this pap as if it meant something. Cue eye rolling. Sep 4, 2014 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Documentarian R.J. Cutler, in his feature debut, joins Moretz in delivering this pap as if it meant something. Cue eye rolling.
Peter Travers
If I Stay is a teenage drama so soppy it needs to be wrung out every ten minutes. Aug 29, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
If I Stay is a teenage drama so soppy it needs to be wrung out every ten minutes.
Kate Muir
For a drama pretty much aimed at 12-year-old girls, this is less superficial than you'd expect. Aug 29, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
For a drama pretty much aimed at 12-year-old girls, this is less superficial than you'd expect.
Trevor Johnston
It's interesting to make a driven young female the focus of the narrative, but the cloying narcissism on display will soon have sane people - of all ages - wanting to give up the ghost. Aug 29, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
It's interesting to make a driven young female the focus of the narrative, but the cloying narcissism on display will soon have sane people - of all ages - wanting to give up the ghost.
Charlotte O'Sullivan
The great Young Adult Allowance Grab continues. Aug 28, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
The great Young Adult Allowance Grab continues.
Mike McCahill
Disappointingly little of the rock and classical music shot through the novel is utilised; instead clichéd scoring, familiar dialogue and minimal chemistry between Moretz and Blackley renders Cutler's film far less engaging than its source material. May 24, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Disappointingly little of the rock and classical music shot through the novel is utilised; instead clichéd scoring, familiar dialogue and minimal chemistry between Moretz and Blackley renders Cutler's film far less engaging than its source material.
Rachel Brook
Hollywood feeding the cash cow. I know it, but I don't have to like it....or the maddening mess of a movie that is IF I STAY. Apr 5, 2019 | Rating: 1.5 | Full Review…
Hollywood feeding the cash cow. I know it, but I don't have to like it....or the maddening mess of a movie that is IF I STAY.
Hope Madden
While she [Chloë Grace Moretz] is consistently strong throughout and is more than capable of carrying the film, the material bogs her down at moments with its tendency towards the mawkish and its obvious pitfalls. Feb 27, 2019 | Full Review…
While she [Chloë Grace Moretz] is consistently strong throughout and is more than capable of carrying the film, the material bogs her down at moments with its tendency towards the mawkish and its obvious pitfalls.
Paula Fleri-Soler
What makes "If I Stay" a pleasant surprise is Moretz. She is so convincing here, delivering a performance that overcomes the moments when the film could have easily spiraled into Lifetime movie-level melodrama. Jan 31, 2019 | Full Review…
What makes "If I Stay" a pleasant surprise is Moretz. She is so convincing here, delivering a performance that overcomes the moments when the film could have easily spiraled into Lifetime movie-level melodrama.
Micheal Compton
While If I Stay hopefully teaches no one lessons about romance, it does teach something beautiful about love. Jan 29, 2019 | Full Review…
While If I Stay hopefully teaches no one lessons about romance, it does teach something beautiful about love.
Amanda Greever
Overall, we feel like we're being told a story...rather than being immersed in an experience. Moretz pours heart and soul into her self-immersed character, but this isn't quite enough to make If I Stay work on other levels. Jan 10, 2019 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Overall, we feel like we're being told a story...rather than being immersed in an experience. Moretz pours heart and soul into her self-immersed character, but this isn't quite enough to make If I Stay work on other levels.
Abbie Bernstein
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