If I Stay **
Dir: R.J. Cutler. With: Chloe Grace Moretz,
Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley. 106 mins. Cert: 12A
The great Young Adult
Allowance Grab continues. This entry comes on like a shrugging Ghost: sensitive cellist Mia (Chloe
Grace Moretz) is facing make-or-break with rocker squeeze Adam (Jamie Blackley)
when her dad totals the family car, leaving her in spiritual limbo. Weirdly,
nothing much develops from there: spectral Mia has no agency over her corporeal
self, so she merely sits around the ICU eavesdropping on pre-emptive eulogies,
and awaiting Prince Charming’s return. The smart cast occupy themselves with
the dog-eared emotions scattered around these waiting rooms, but their Mumfordised
singalong to the Smashing Pumpkins’ “Today” sorely necessitates a plug
somewhere being pulled.
If I Stay opens in cinemas nationwide today.
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