‘IF I STAY’• Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements and some sexual material.• Running time: 1 hour, 43 minutes.
‘Tis clearly the season for exceedingly attractive young adults in mortal peril.
Just two months ago, we had the charming Shailene Woodley as a teen cancer patient, fighting for time while learning about life and love in “The Fault in Our Stars.” Last week, we had Aussie heartthrob Brenton Thwaites in “The Giver,” risking his life for the sake of truth and memory.
And now we have the sweet Chloe Grace Moretz in “If I Stay,” spending the movie in a state of limbo between life and death, after a catastrophic accident shatters her comfy world.
Like all successful YA novels brought to screen, “If I Stay,” based on the 2009 teen tearjerker by Gayle Forman, brings with it a ready-made audience. All the filmmakers need do is cast the most appealing couple they can find and stay faithful to the story, and the kids should be happy.