Sappy, teenage love story

Rating: 4/10 (19 February 2015)

Chloë Grace Moretz gave a decent performance and that is why I did not rate this movie lower. The underlying theme is a straight forward teenage romance with two very encouraging parents who seem more than thrilled that their daughter has bagged a punk rock lead singer of a local Portland band. Much of the film is basically run of the mill teenage fantasy fluff that was intended to appeal to the youth demographic. This is the kind of movie that money minded studio executives dream up and from their success at the box office, they got what they wanted.
The thematically heavier material like death, out of body experience and the bereavement of losing all of one's family is strangely only incidental and treated as an appendage to the teenage love story. Sixteen year olds looking to get laid on a date my have use for this material, but I would give this film a pass if are looking to be entertained or thoughtfully provoked.