Adapting books to film can be a tricky business. A former employer of mine, also a film expert with his own public-radio show, stated: "Good books don't make good movies. Mediocre books make good movies." Now, "good" and "mediocre" are subjective terms, but Gayle Forman's bestselling young adult novel "If I Stay" is nothing if not melodramatic, and its film adaptation is the same. However, solid characters and a mature, subdued Chloë Grace Moretz make the film watchable.
If I Stay
If I Stay
If I Stay
Adapting books to film can be a tricky business. A former employer of mine, also a film expert with his own public-radio show, stated: "Good books don't make good movies. Mediocre books make good movies." Now, "good" and "mediocre" are subjective terms, but Gayle Forman's bestselling young adult novel "If I Stay" is nothing if not melodramatic, and its film adaptation is the same. However, solid characters and a mature, subdued Chloë Grace Moretz make the film watchable.