Review of If I Stay (2014) by Lilia A — 26 Sep 2016

This is THE best book - to - movie adaption I have ever seen.

A lot of dialogue from this movie comes straight from the book, word for word. And the flashback scenes are shown so well, especially the music ones.

As for the characters, the movie was triumphant and it fell flat. Mia's dad and Adam were fleshed out. They became three dimensional characters, and brought so much life into the story. But Kim and Teddy were shown briefly. These characters, that were three dimensional in the book, were rolled flat into two dimensional characters. In addition, the movie is HEAVILY oriented towards Mia and Adam's story, as opposed to Mia and Kim, Mia and her family, and Mia and herself.

Despite this though, this movie is every book lover's dream. When you can say a line along with a character, because it is word-for-word from the book, that is when you know the movie stayed true to its roots. If you are a fan of the book, you will LOVE this movie.