Movie Analysis Of The Movie If I Stay: Movie Review

The narrative movie that I choose to analyze for this assignment is If I Stay (2014; Director: RJ Cutler). This movie is about a high school cellist, Mia Hall, who is in a car accident that leaves her in a coma. The story unfolds with Mia realizing that she is having an out-of-body experience and has to make a tough decision to return to a life that will never be the same. Throughout the movie we are switched from current time with Mia in a coma, viewing everything from her out-of-body experience and flashbacks prior to the accident where Mia narrator several segments.

For the exposition of the movie, we see how Mia’s parent’s love of music has passed on to her and she has become a budding cellist with hopes of one day attending Julliard. Her life in high school and the new relationship that she starting with Adam, her soon to be boyfriend, is explained in narration by Mia. The director created a great understanding of her character and

When the attempt fails and security tries to remove Adam, a family friend defuses the situation and informs Adam that Teddy has just died. Mia runs through the halls in disbelief and begins screaming that she just wants it to be over. At the same time she begins to see the bright light and her body goes into cardiac arrest. After a flashback; we find Mia’s Grandfather sitting by her beside. As she looks on, he explains that he wants her to live but he understands that with the deaths of her parents and brother that she might not want to come back. With the conclusion of his conversation the next few scenes show family and friends saying their goodbyes. This portion of the movie clearly serves at the falling action. You would expect that the falling action would not include any more tragedy. Just when you thought that it couldn’t get any worse we get the twist with Teddy. The director was able to show how all of the lose finally impacted