If I Stay

Live for Love


If I Stay
A young woman thought the hardest decision she would ever face would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at Juilliard or follow a different path to be with the love of her life, a rock musician. But what should have been a carefree family drive changes everything in an instant, and now her own life hangs in the balance. Caught between life and death for one revealing day, she has only one decision left, which will not only decide her future but her ultimate fate. This is a film adaptation of the popular Young Adult novel of the same name.

106 minutes.
Parental Guidance 10-12 (Language, Sex).
Drama.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley, Joshua Leonard, Liana Liberato, Stacy Keach
Director
R.J. Cutler
ScreenplayShauna Cross, from the novel by Gayle Forman
MusicHeitor Pereira
CinematographyJohn de Borman
EditingKeith Henderson
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2014
Produced byDiNovi Pictures, MGM, New Line Cinema

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDrama
LanguageInfrequent with mild to moderate impact
NudityNone
SexInfrequent with low impact
ViolenceInfrequent with low to mild impact
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly CautionedRated PG-13 for thematic elements and some sexual material
Runtime107
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
3
Violence
3
Blood / Gore / Gross
3
Guns / Weapons
1
Profanity
3
Alcohol / Drugs
4
Smoking
0
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
3
Imitative Behaviour
4
Frightening / Tense Scenes
3
Jump Scenes
1
Tense Family Scenes
5
Music (Scary/Tense)
3
Music (Inappropriate)
2
Topics to talk about
4

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit
14 +
Positive messages
4
Positive role models
4
Violence
2
Sex
3
Language
3
Consumerism
2
Drinking, drugs, smoking
2

Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Jon Frosch quote iconCheesy love story littered with clichés
5
Die Burger
Anél Viktor quote iconStroop drup, tog tref dit deels kol
10
ReelViews
James Berardinelli quote icon If I Stay demands that viewers bring Kleenexes to the theater but the story is more obviously manipulative and it lacks the freshness and wit that kept The Fault in Our Stars from becoming depressing. Although If I Stay tries to be life-affirming, it's more of a downer because the film's frequent returns to the grim, uncertain present cast a pall over everything.
13
Metacritic.com
35 critics
9
Rottentomatoes critics
115 critics
10
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconAlthough 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.
7
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
10
CommonSenseMedia
Staff evaluation quote iconHeartbreaking but faithful adaptation will please book fans.
15

What the People say

Internet
7325 Netizens quote iconBeautiful
14

Average .. 52%

10

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