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If I Stay

Live for Love.

2014 · 1h 46m · PG-13 Drama
Directed by R.J. Cutler

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Overview

Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her life, Adam, a rock singer/guitarist. However, a car wreck changes everything in an instant, and now Mia's life hangs in the balance. Suspended between life and death, Mia faces a choice that will decide her future.

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35%
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Rotten

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, New Yorker
Rotten

Documentarian R.J. Cutler, in his feature debut, joins Moretz in delivering this pap as if it meant something. Cue eye rolling.

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Fresh

For a drama pretty much aimed at 12-year-old girls, this is less superficial than you'd expect.

Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Rotten

The heroine lies in the coma, but the audience may feel brain-dead by the end of If I Stay.

Michael Sragow, Orange County Register
Rotten

You want these people to have real challenges and messiness. But their lives don't quite feel lived in; they feel exemplary.

Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture

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