teen melodrama of life and death

Rating: 6/10 (16 May 2015)

Mia Hall (Chloë Grace Moretz) is a cellist. Adam Wilde is a locally-known indie rocker and the new kid in school. He falls for Mia hard. Her best friend is Kim Schein (Liana Liberato). She's stressed about getting into Juilliard. Her parents (Mireille Enos, Joshua Leonard) are formerly alternative folks. They talk her into a family outing on a snow day and they get into an accident.
Chloë Grace Moretz puts her incalculable charms at work. She brings as much life as possible to the rather conventional young adult melodrama. The romance doesn't have the best chemistry. It would help if Jamie Blackley is a more compelling actor. The flashback structure doesn't have enough drama to offer. The movie slowly runs out of story rather than build to a climax. The only question is whether she lives or dies. Their relationship is never in question and it has no real mystery to reveal.