A chronicle of a fatal car accident involving 17-year-old muscian Mia and her boyfriend.
If I Stay
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Anthony Lane
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.
Peter Travers
Documentarian R.J. Cutler, in his feature debut, joins Moretz in delivering this pap as if it meant something. Cue eye rolling.
Trevor Johnston
For a drama pretty much aimed at 12-year-old girls, this is less superficial than you'd expect.
Michael Sragow
The heroine lies in the coma, but the audience may feel brain-dead by the end of If I Stay.
Bilge Ebiri
You want these people to have real challenges and messiness. But their lives don't quite feel lived in; they feel exemplary.
Christy Lemire
[Moretz's] grounded, naturalistic presence goes a long way toward making mushy material palatable.
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Anthony Lane
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.
Peter Travers
Documentarian R.J. Cutler, in his feature debut, joins Moretz in delivering this pap as if it meant something. Cue eye rolling.
Trevor Johnston
For a drama pretty much aimed at 12-year-old girls, this is less superficial than you'd expect.
Michael Sragow
The heroine lies in the coma, but the audience may feel brain-dead by the end of If I Stay.
Bilge Ebiri
You want these people to have real challenges and messiness. But their lives don't quite feel lived in; they feel exemplary.
Christy Lemire
[Moretz's] grounded, naturalistic presence goes a long way toward making mushy material palatable.
Geoff Pevere
If I Stay is true to principle in one significant regard: It makes no concessions to anyone outside its teenage female cohort.
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Kept me watching due to curiosity.. Ok, here is the deal... It was your typical love story, with the jerk boyfriend who realizes how bad he was when the girl is near death... To add to this the girl and the guy became too familiar in such a short gap of time, naieve to the fact that highschool relationships dont go down well to begin with... Movies like this are built on a false sence of reality giving some girls the notion to give up precious things such as virginity at an age where relationship failure is inevitable. Im glad I watched this on put locker instead of wasting a good 15 bucks...
Bad ending 1st of all this is a waist of time.2nd bad ending all it is she wakes up and her bo-bo says mia. Sorry i spoiled it but i want to say. DON'T WATCH that is the only warning. Ps the drama sign or the frowny face that's how i feel :-(
Hear me out I see a lot of things like "They got too close in such a short amount of time". Don't be so ignorant! In the book, the car accident has happened very early on in the book, and Mia is telling about her memories of things and stories as she watches over herself in limbo. Mia and Adam had already known each other two years before and Mia is telling about their relationship. It was not "fast paced" it was perfectly portrayed. Educate yourself before you say something moronically. It was fantastic.
So disappointed I thought this movie looked good because it added something new to the trend of teen romance...But to me it ended up being worse than any chick flick that's around...The way the "love" happens between the main characters feels really weird and rushed in a way...And it reflects values that are hard to tell people to follow or connect to. (Chloe moretz was great though, Her acting was what kept me watching most of the time)
I hate how movies ruin the picture you created in your head from reading the book. It feels so wrong to me. I would have liked it if I didn't read the books before hand
A piece of utter crap It was so bad. And most of all I could barely believe the storyline of the movie was greenlighted. This movies was so cliched I could barely handle 5 minutes of it. But I sat through the whole movie so I could write an educated review.
Not even close Possibly worst movie ever made. Long drawn out pointless script. Tries to "move" you. Fails miserably. Some even go so far as to say this is a Christian movie. Well, it's not even close. I LOVE movies, watch them all. I truly believe this to be worst movie ever made.
Disappointed Boring boring boring. Was eager to watch and half way through the movie I was just waiting for it to be over with already. Could have been so much better, but it was such a disappointment.
I loved the movie up until the end. What kind of ending was that. I personally feel like it shouldn't have left off like that. Was very disappointed about that. Had me in tears throughout it as well. Still worth 4 stars.
If I Stay I love Chloe Moretz and as with everything she's in her acting is great. This movie however is awful. I think the writers started off with a good idea and good intentions but it got very pre-teenish. I can't see any girl over the age of 13 being able to truly relate to this film. If you've ever had a relationship, you'd know that the "relationship" between the characters in this film was rushed, forced, ridiculous and unrealistic.
I have never cried so much in my life about a movie. That says a lot about the movie considering I hardly admit to crying. This is why I shared to give it the credit it deserves.
If I Stay It was an Awesome movie it made me cry and I had no tissues I wish real life was like this movie portrayed it to be the only thing I really didn't care for was the way her parents allowed Adam to just come and go at will I guess I'm a little Old Fashioned when it comes to allowing young people to engage in Sexual Activity at an age that these two Seemed to me she looked to be about 15 or 16 years of age of course Adam looked to be about 17 or 18 and to me they should have been Married before in gaging in Sex. But I guess in the movies it's whatever it takes to make a Movie. The Show Must go on!!!!! Still a great Movie though
In a way it was a Dissapointment It was a great movie but the person who played Mia wasn't that much of a good actor in my opinion, and if you read the book the movie quiet went with it but they missed a couple of few things and they also happned to put some things in to early and some a little to late. It seemed rushed and the characters didn't really seem to fit well with how they seemed in the book.
Wonderful movie! Definitely request this!! I just saw it for the first time and I cried non-stop. This movie makes you cry, laugh, angry, sad...ext. I love this movie and I have the book series of If I Stay so I'm planning on reading the second book right now. I hope they make Where She Went. If they make it I will buy my ticket and go out to see the movie the day it comes out! I love this book and the movie! Chloe Grace Moretz is my favorite actress and she really did a good job this time! I love the whole cast!
Ew. This movie. Sucks. Bad story line, bad acting, no point in watching unless to make jokes of.. read the book! Its much better. :)
Tear jerker I didn't think I could get so emotional over this movie. The end had me blubbering.
My favorite movie of all time Few movies make me want to cry. Fewer make me actually cry. This movie made me bawl. I can't even...
If I stay was excellent Didn't think I'd like the sad chick flicks like the other ones but this one is a must see and a must own I've watched it three times already. It's made me smile, laugh and cry. Not many movies can do that. I hated the ending...I was waiting on a "to be continued" type of ending because I want to know what happens after the end of this movie. It's truly a must see!
Extreme dud It is very lame.. they try to make you think free sex is awesome but its not because it destroys lives and over that they make it a depressing movie. My thoughts on it not worth the time to see it and I don't want to say more as to not ruin the blaw ending..
If I stay Boring too many flash backs Got too confused. The fault in Our Stars was way better. More relatable.
Future wife beater. I really hate to give such a low rating to movie with Chloë Grace Moretz leading it, I adore the actress but disgusted with the plot. It's about Mia(Chloë) with such a beautiful bright future possibly at Juilliard who goes into a coma, and if the movie just revolved that it would be great but of course they had to make it a romance. I'm okay with that but the guy she falls for is controlling, and my mind is just streaming FUTURE WIFE BEATER. So the choice is to die or, live and marry a future wife beater.
This series is quickly becoming my favorite one. This movie is so moving it will make you feel like you are in the movie yourself. Even though I have seen this movie before I still cry when I watch it. During the movie you realize that your live can change so quickly, you also learn how making sacrifices don't just effect you but they also effect the ones who love you. I am in the middle of the second book. This book is just as good as the first movie. Both of them you have you on the edge of your seat with a tissue cry and dying to see what happens next. When watching this movie, you really feel like you are there, you fell the hurt, you fell the pain, you feel the love.
Guy and girls I find it funny just reading through the comments how almost all of the guys said it was horrible and all the girls said it was great! Just really shows how different the genders emotional levels are. And I'm not saying that guys are robots, I'm just saying that guys feel differently about certain topics and genres. I find it very interesting! I haven't watched it yet but would like to see how my take on the movie differs from other peoples.
Makes you cry This movie is so moving. And it takes a lot for me to cry. But this is a great story! !!
Won't stop buffering. I would really like to watch this movie but it says that I have to download it... I want my money back.
SO SAD BUT GREAT Its an amazing movie reminded me of my boyfriend and what would happen if that was me so sad cried the whole movie almost! But it was worth the cry
This is emotional pulling movie This movie explain Wat u did before death or before a car accident Eric if u. Were Adam and u had a girlfriend. Named mia u would have been sad if she got in that same accident
Loved it! This movie was beautiful. I liked how it stuck to the book. For those wondering, there is a sequel to the book which I doubt will be made into a movie. It is told from Adam's point of view rather than Mia's and follows Adam's life after Mia's devastating accident.
Extreme dissapointment All these reviews are extremely hyped up. The movie is so flawed and unoriginal it was almost unbearable. It was an extremely typical movie, the acting just wasnt there, and the plot was so simplistic and just a pile of mediocrity. Extremely predictable and boring would not reccomend to anyone.
Cried my eyes out Such a great movie that relates to modern day teen romance. I'm a teenager so I can really understand it, I guess people hated it were probably from another generation than me. All in all it was very intriguing and I loooooved it 😊
So cliche This movie was basicaly full of cliche scenes and things we as people have seen thousands of times in romance movies and the end was horrible how could you just leave us there not knowing what happened after she woke up
hope she is ok I loved it when I saw it I cried for 2 hours after the MOVIE in the movie I cried. 1 hour very very very sad if this was actually real I would. cry till. I died but all after that it was a very very very very very very very very good movie who ever made it is a very good movie. maker
Holy sh*t balls. I cried like a baby. I'm buying this and I'm watching this everyday. I can't even.
I thought it was fantastic! It made me cry. I watched it with my sister in law. And I really just liked the way everything played out. And it made sense to me. Like at first it was confusing but as the movie played on I got it more. Cute love story. Amazing film. WORTH THE $15.00!
Knowing,,,,, what its like to be in a Coma in real life, im a bit hesitant to watch this movie. It looks good but knowing what it's like I fear it will either be spot on or an epic fail in the betrayal of the experience. I'll read more reviews before watching....
Cried my eyes out I love this movie, it showed how to make a hard decision , even if her family died she have people who loved her so she had to stay.She still have her family in her heart so that counts. There's always going to be hard decision making , you follow your heart
So sad! Tried not to cry, was hanging with friends.... every single one of us was crying by the time we walked out of the room!
Triste mais un très beau film qui démontre la force et le courage de se battre. La vie est si fragile, que parfois elle n'en tient qua un fil
Good movie Cried my eyes out more than once. Heart-shattering and makes you feel all kinds of emotion. Recommended!
BEST MOVIE EVER This is a story that is very realistic and could happen to anyone. I cried my eyes out which means there are true emotions in this film.
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