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Rating: 6/10 (15 September 2014)

I really, really loved this book version. I remember, when I read it, i couldn't even breathe, because was crying so hard. Was really looking for the adaptation. So the movie? Well, yeah, it was something. Not so sure which something, but not the 'oh-gosh-this-shook-my-world' kinda feeling. I mean, I really loved Mia, she was this cute girl you can relate to easily, but she also got this freaking talent with her love, the cello. Basically she was the girl I loved in the book. Chloe was amazingly good in playing her, it was good to see that something can be made exactly the way you imagine while reading. But Adam? Hey, Hollywood you sure can do better! It was like watching the twilight series again, (not like it didn't hurt enough for the first time). And it wasn't because of the two love-struck teenagers who fall madly in love in a very young age. Nope. This feeling come to me, because Jamie Blackley resembled Kristen Stewart so sadly much. OMG! NO FACIAL EXPRESSION! NO ACTING! Remember, when you went out on a cold winter day for too long to play in the snow and then for hours you couldn't move the muscles on your face, because they froze? This was Adam. He already was someone. Probably at the beginning of the shooting he was someone already, and couldn't change his face during the movie, because he was cool like that. Uhm, big, fat no. His character is a shallow, love seeking, insecure, possessive asshole, who cannot get over himself. And it sure as hell didn't come from the book. Where did you put the kind, loving, caring boy he was, dear film-makers? This point was the biggest disappointment of this film. On the bright side Adam Wild fans, Jamie has a strong, catching voice, you can believe him having a career in music. As for the soundtracks, pretty much all the song were great. Even if this wasn't Shooting Stars, just some weird Willamette Stone. Loved the classical music blend into all this modern drama. At some points I felt right it wasn't really worked out everywhere. Some places are not clear how they can explain, if they do a second movie from Where she went. And maybe there were too much memories and not enough time in the hospital to give time to the viewer to let this tragedy sink in. Or maybe it's just me knowing the inner fight this girl had going on while deciding if she stays or not. That's for sure, that there where great lines with excellent timing in If I stay. Somewhere I was just so shocked about how artfully the power of these sentences were emphasized. OH, and loved the parents, their characters were amazing wish-i-had-them- here as well.