Boring And Poorly Made

Rating: 5/10 (31 August 2014)

The trailer to this film made it look decent, so I was hoping to enjoy it... But I really didn't. This film just isn't good. It has almost all flaws and very few positives to it.
To start off with, the story is an interesting concept, but it's executed in a way that is extremely cliché. The story has your typical plot points that a lot of cheesy romance films have. The fight, the make up, etc. We really don't see a lot of the in between dead and alive kind of stuff, and even that isn't executed. It got so cliché that it started making me incredibly bored. I wanted to yell "STAY OR DON'T, JUST MAKE A DECISION!". It really just doesn't work.
What make this story worse is the acting. It can be pretty bad. Chloe Moretz just isn't very good. I haven't seen much of her work, but I just don't see why she would be cast in a lead role. She is cute, but her acting just can't hold a film together, especially a film with such an emotion driven plot. I didn't feel for her in the least bit, which completely ruins the film. It was very tough to get through.
Another little detail that I couldn't get over was the CGI head. I'm sure you're asking, what does that mean? Let me explain. Chloe plays a character who plays the chello extremely well. I am assuming Chloe doesn't know how to play it, because in scenes where we see her playing it, they obviously CGI her head onto the body of someone who knows how to play, and the issue is, it's extremely obvious. Her head floats and bobs and looks so odd. What's worse is that in shots where it's from the side, you can tell it's not even Chloe at all! They don't attempt to CGI her head from the side, but just leave the different actress who you can tell from the side isn't Chloe. It was so distracting and I couldn't help but laugh at how bad that was.
Overall, if you wanna see this film, just watch the trailer and then find out whether she stays or not. The trailer gives you a better emotional journey than the film as a whole does.