If I Stay is an American teen romantic drama directed by R. J. Cutler and based on a novel of the same name by Gayle Forman.
The film stars ChloÃÆ'ÂÂ Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley, Joshua Leonard, Stacy Keach and Aisha Hinds. It was released on August 22, 2014, the best-selling $ 78.9 million worldwide.
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Plot
Mia Hall and her family are getting ready to resume their normal day activities when it is announced on the radio that the school has been canceled. Mia Denny's father is a teacher and as a result of the snow day does not have to go to work. Mia Kat's mother, a travel agent, decides to call and with her family to go out into the street to visit Mia's grandparents who live on a farm. It was also revealed that Mia was dating a popular and rising old rockstar named Adam Wilde.
The story goes back to Mia's early life with a rocker father and an inexperienced mother, when one day they took Mia to a music class where Mia decided she wanted to start playing the cello. After his parents saw that Mia was very interested in cello, they hired a teacher to help her play. Kat proved pregnant with Teddy, who according to Mia is the reason for his father's departure from his band.
Years later, a teenager Mia is still passionate about cello and playing at school in the band room where Adam peeked in play, seeing him for the first time, leading him to ask Kim, Mia's best friend, about him. Adam then asks Mia to date a cello recital, where they show affection for each other.
The story goes back to the present with families driving to a grandparent's ranch when their car collided with an oncoming truck. Mia seems to have an out-of-body experience where she finds herself barefoot and sees her body lying on the road while the paramedics try to help her and her family. Mia tried to ask the paramedics what happened, but realized that no one could see or hear it. Mia, now in hospital, panicked because she did not know the current status of one of her family members when they took her for surgery. A sympathetic nurse, Nurse Ramirez, tells Mia - her physical body, not Mia's spirit, which she apparently can not see - that it's up to her whether she wants to stay or not.
The story returns once more to Mia attending one of Adam's concerts with her band Willamette Stone, where she does not seem to fit. Adam's band continued to gain more recognition and signed for the label, which began to weigh on their relationships due to the itinerary. At dinner, Mia's grandfather advised her to sign up for Juilliard, an idea she initially rejected, but later investigated. He finally landed an audition in San Francisco. It took a while for Mia to tell Adam about her audition and when she did, she became angry and went for a weeklong show.
On this day, Mia has surgery. He saw a doctor talking to his grandparents standing outside the pediatric chamber where Teddy was in a coma. Adam came to the hospital to see Mia, but was not allowed in because she was not a close family member. It was later revealed that Mia Kat's mother was declared dead on arrival and her father Denny died at the operating table. She later learned that Teddy had died of epidural hematoma. Grandpa speaks to Mia, revealing that her father gave up on being in a band because she wanted to give her a better life and become a better father. She, too, was crying, giving Mia permission to move from this life if she wanted, which influenced Mia to decide that she wanted to die so she could join her family on the other side.
The story goes back to Mia in her audition for Juilliard, where she plays the best she has ever played, leading her to think that if accepted, she will leave. After reconciliation with Adam, they talked about the most likely to go to Juilliard, which ultimately caused them to part and separate.
After some time, Mia seems stable enough to receive more visitors. Mia is shown symbolically about to let go when she hears the music performed on the cello recit that she attended with Adam. It was revealed that Adam had come to see Mia and that she was playing her iPod for her. He brings with him a letter Mia received from Juilliard saying that he has been accepted and let him know that he will do whatever he wants if he stays. He started playing the song he finally wrote about himself. Mia, after recalling all the happy moments of her life, squeezed Adam's hand and opened her eyes and saw Adam as she hovered over it and said, "Mia?".
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Cast
- ChloÃÆ' Â «Grace Moretz as Mia Hall
- Jamie Blackley as Adam Wilde
- Mireille Enos as Kathleen "Kat" Hall
- Joshua Leonard as Dennis "Denny" Hall
- Stacy Keach as Grandpa
- Aisha Hinds as Nurse Ramirez
- Lauren Lee Smith as Willow
- Liana Liberato as Kim Schein
- Aliyah O'Brien as EMT
- Jakob Davies as Theodore "Teddy" Hall
Production
In December 2010, it was announced that a movie based on the If I Stay novel was working at Summit Entertainment and Dakota Fanning, Chloe Grace Moretz and Emily Browning were in talks to play Mia. Catherine Hardwicke was tied directly, but was replaced by Brazilian filmmaker Heitor Dhalia, who also left the film later. On January 24, 2013, Moretz was formally selected to lead and R. J. Cutler was announced as the new director of the film. The film shooting began on October 30 in Vancouver.
In January 2014, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Warner Bros. announced to distribute the film and release set on August 22nd.
Music
The music was composed by Heitor Pereira. The soundtrack was released on August 19, 2014 by WaterTower Music. It peaked at number 54 on Billboard 200 in the United States, and number 77 in Australia.
An alternative rock band based in Vancouver Hawking appeared in the film many times as Willamette Stone.
All the songs for Adam Wilde's band, Willamette Stone, include the cover of The Smashing Pumpkins "Today", produced by indie rock producer Adam Lasus.
Reception
box office
On November 20, 2014, If I Stay has gotten a worldwide total of $ 78,396,071 on a budget of $ 11 million.
If I Stay opened in # 3 to 2,907 locations in North America behind Guardians of the Galaxy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles their fourth and third consecutive weeks. On its opening day, the movie earned $ 6,827,007 and made it the top spot for the day.
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 35% rating, based on 122 reviews. The critical consensus of the site reads, "Although ChloÃÆ'« Grace Moretz gives it everything and the story adds a fascinating supernatural touch to the young and melodramatically young fictional fictional framework, If I Stay is ultimately more manipulative than moving. " At Metacritic, the film holds a score of 46 out of 100, based on 36 critics, showing "mixed or average review".
In his review for The New York Times , A.O. Scott praises Moretz's acting. He added that "music is the best and most disgusting part of If I Stay , which makes excellent use of the classic cello repertoire."
Writing for Variety , Justin Chang criticized Moretz's acting, explaining that "he came over too confident to play a bookworm mismatch."
Anthony Lane of The New Yorker wrote a critical review of the film, saying, "The saddest thing about 'If I Stay' is that it gives Moretz so little chance not to be sad." In Los Angeles Times Olivier Gettell concluded that critics see the film as "clumsy and uninspired."
Accolades
Home media
If I Stay was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 18, 2014 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and was also available on Netflix for streaming until September 30, 2015.
References
External links
- Official website
- If I Stay on IMDb
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