If I Stay (2014)
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Critic Consensus: 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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Cast
as Kat
as Denny
as Adam
as Willow
as Gramps
as Nurse Ramirez
as Mia Hall
as Kim
as Teddy
as Grandma
as Liz
as Young Mia
as Henry
as Surgeon
as Liddy
as Nurse Davis
as Astrid
as Cute Groupie
as Female EMT
as Male EMT
as Surgeon
as Teddy's Surgeon
as Orderly
as Surgeon for Driver
as Nurse
as Wife of Driver
as Mosh Pit Oaf
as Punker
as Music Aficionado
as Security Guard
as Skeleton
as Cool Rocker Guy
as Cute Groupie #2
as Herself
as Autograph Girl
as Bartender
as High Five Guy
as Orderly #2
as Mia Stunt Double
as Securtiy Guard #2
as Stunt Dude #1
as Stunt Dude #2
as Williamette Stone Band
as Williamette Stone Band
as Williamette Stone Band
as Bassist for Nasty Bruises
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Critic Reviews for If I Stay
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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.
Documentarian R.J. Cutler, in his feature debut, joins Moretz in delivering this pap as if it meant something. Cue eye rolling.
For a drama pretty much aimed at 12-year-old girls, this is less superficial than you'd expect.
The heroine lies in the coma, but the audience may feel brain-dead by the end of If I Stay.
You want these people to have real challenges and messiness. But their lives don't quite feel lived in; they feel exemplary.
[Moretz's] grounded, naturalistic presence goes a long way toward making mushy material palatable.
Audience Reviews for If I Stay
A shameless melodrama that follows The Lovely Bones as another schmaltzy teenage life-and-death joke, painfully interminable, full of unbearable exposition and corny lines, and downright manipulative, trying to make us cry at all costs with every cliché imaginable.
Super Reviewer
Melodrama has been defined and filmed from the inception of this medium, to now. It has often been attributed to the interests of women, sometimes even being called a "women's film." Some would argue that there's good melodrama ("Terms of Endearment," "Random Harvest.") and bad melodrama ("Lifetime" movies). This film falls into the latter, trying to merge supernatural romance and melodrama. Read more at http://www.bluefairyblog.com/reviews/2015/9/17/if-i-stay
Super Reviewer
Okay, I'll admit it, I was one of many sniffling in the cinema. Moving look at first love and loss. Though it's aimed at a teen audience, I suspect many older women would enjoy this too. Chloe Grace Moretz is excellent in this role as an 18 year old aspiring cello player who falls in love with a rock musician. Her ex rocker parents are also good characters and well cast. Then comes the car crash which takes everything away and perhaps even her life. Really wasn't sure I would like this, but I did. Nicely done.
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If I Stay Quotes
| Mia Hall: | I realize now that dying is easy living is hard |
| Mia Hall: | I realize now that dying is easy living is hard. |
| Kim: | There are 2 kinds of people in this world: those who like coffee and those who like frufru drinks with ridiculous names. |
| Denny: | School's out forever! |
| Teddy: | Did you really quote Alice Cooper? Have I not taught you anything? |
| Adam: | Your parents seem pretty cool. |
| Mia Hall: | So they tell me. |