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By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 30 Aug 2014

It sounds mawkish as hell, but director RJ Cutler reads his target teen audience well, crediting them with more intelligence and resilience…

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By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 29 Aug 2014

This shamelessly manipulative teen weepie turns on all the taps, but improbable characters and trite dialogue mean that all but very lachrymose…

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By Donald Clarke (1,051) for Irish Times (1,391) on 28 Aug 2014

It's no The Fault in Our Stars, but it's not a complete dud either. That will have to do…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 28 Aug 2014

Honest, emotional teen melodrama with a great performance by Chloë Grace Moretz that serves as a beautiful metaphor for the choices that teen…

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By George Byrne (39) for The Herald (Ireland) (99) on 28 Aug 2014

With arguably the most banal dialogue this side of a Nicholas Sparks movie, If I Stay wastes the considerable talents of Moretz in a calculated…

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By Kate Muir (612) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 28 Aug 2014

If I Stay is a teenage drama so soppy it needs to be wrung out every ten minutes…

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By Bob Bloom (1,124) for Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (1,017) on 28 Aug 2014

The film is entertaining, but undemanding. It offers no twists, nor surprises…

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By Stefan Pape (613) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 28 Aug 2014

There's only so much whispering of sweet nothings between our protagonists on random rooftops, before you question whether this is in fact…

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By Trevor Johnston (624) for Time Out (7,510) on 28 Aug 2014

For a drama pretty much aimed at 12-year-old girls, it’s less superficial than you’d expect…

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By Charlotte O'sullivan (637) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 28 Aug 2014

It's interesting to make a driven young female the focus of the narrative, but the cloying narcissism on display will soon have sane people…

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By Stella Papamichael (611) for Digital Spy (1,161) on 28 Aug 2014

Strip away the supernatural framework and this is just another teen romance with an add-on message about chasing dreams - not just boys - to…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 28 Aug 2014

The yuckiness here comes from a manipulative and sugary screenplay that makes even the terminally lachrymose The Fault in Our Stars seem dry…

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By Bruce Bennett (577) for Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (575) on 28 Aug 2014

Traverses potential minefields of romance movie melodrama with precision and clarity…

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By Rick Kisonak (485) for Seven Days (657) on 27 Aug 2014

If you see just one weeper based on a YA best seller about teen love blossoming beneath the dark cloud of death this year, do yourself a favor…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 27 Aug 2014

Incurable romantics will find it a polished and superior weepie that is earnest in its intentions and largely successful in its execution…

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By Mike Mccahill (552) for Guardian (4,584) on 27 Aug 2014

The smart cast occupy themselves with the dog-eared emotions scattered around the waiting rooms…

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By Leonie Hayden (12) for Flicks.co.nz (982) on 27 Aug 2014

If I Stay doesn't rate as highly on the hanky-meter as The Fault In Our Stars but, goddammit, it's trying…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 27 Aug 2014

Chances are you'll be wishing our heroine would just make up her mind, so the rest of us can go home long before the resolution…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 27 Aug 2014

Mia just feels like another Moretz role - a career move, not a characterisation. There should be rage and agony in her performance…

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By Mark Adams (368) for Daily Mirror (UK) (1,133) on 27 Aug 2014

While there is tragedy at its centre, it's also about the power of love - among family, friends and lovers…

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