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If I Stay

Movie · 2014 · 106 min

A tender, tear-jerking story of love and loss that asks you to feel every moment of a girl's impossible choice.

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2014 film by R. J. Cutler
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Class
Movie
Year
2014
Runtime
106 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • love
  • family
  • death
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • hospital
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity3
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, romance, teen, ghost
Directed by
R. J. Cutler
Written by
Shauna Cross
Starring
Chloë Grace Moretz, Stacy Keach, Liana Liberato, Mireille Enos, Joshua Leonard, Aisha Hinds, Lauren Lee Smith, Chelah Horsdal
Music
Heitor Pereira
Cinematography
John de Borman
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States
Languages
Spanish, English

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