If I Stay 2014

     This film is based on a novel by Gayle Forman.  Mia Hall loves the cello, she loves classical music and she lives in Portland.  She is the only one in her family interested in this type of music and she wonders why they all like rock and roll?  She’s really surprised when she meets Adam, he’s like the rest of her family, into rock and roll.  Mia applies to Juilliard and she has one more year of high school.  Adam graduates and he’s the lead singer and guitarist of a band that is touring and starting to get recording offers.  Mia’s family gets the day off for a snow day and they finally convince her to go with them.  It’s a family drive through the pristine snow on their way to see a friends and their new baby.  Amid the peacefulness, everything changes in an instant.

     This is good, I wasn’t sure how this was going to turn out.  There are definitely two possible endings.  There are also slight undertones of Nicolas Sparks in this film?  3 ½* (I liked this movie) 

107 min Drama directed by R.J. Cutler with Chloe Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley, Joshua Leonard, Liana Liberato, Stacy Keach, Gabrielle Rose.

Note:  Imdb 6.9 out of 10, 36% critic 65% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 2 ½*.

Special Note:  The novel If I Stay has a sequel, Where She Went.  There was a lot of publicity buzz about this film when it was showing in theaters.