Really moving and graceful

Rating: 10/10 (17 September 2015)

I heard a lot of good things about this movie from my friends, from some of my family members, mostly girls. So I decide to give it a shot and I was moved by this powerful movie.
It's not that the story is great. It is a good one but not a new one. It is not the first time such theme as an out of body experience is exploited. But this love story between Mia, a talented but shy Cello player and Adam, a future rock star to be, is really touching and a tearjerker. 2 worlds collide but they do a wonderful union.
The two main actors, Chloe Grace Moretz and Jamie Blackley have a really good chemistry between them. There are a lot of scene which makes me cry especially the last one when Adam starts singing a song he wrote for her telling how much he loves her and how he wants her to wake up to fully live their passion. Stacy Keach is also very touching in his role of a grandfather so proud of his granddaughter and who is completely torn to have lost his son, daughter in law and grandson, whose only hope left is to see Mia waking up.
But Chloe's performance is so touched by grace. Seeing her realizing how much she has lost in that car crash, seeing the people she cherishes the most passing away, completely powerless. Her performance makes me cry all alone. She really proved how talented she is and I truly hope a lot of directors have seen her golden talent as well. Kick ass is just fun but If I stay is much deeper and she managed to have the right tone and attitude in the perfect time.
I'm so glad to have followed my friends and family's advice and now I'm going to read the books.