A.C.’s Review: September being a weak time for movies so I was trying to decide between this and another so called YA (Young Adult movie) THE GIVER. The premise sounded interesting that of a young woman who is out of body following a tragic car crash must live a life she never imagined is she chooses to live or head off into the light.
I figured that we
would get glimpses of what her life in the future would be like if she lived
kind of like a reverse of “IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE”. That’s not how it played
out. Instead the movie detailed flashing back to her life before the accident
seeing her close relationship with her family, her trajectory as an outstanding
Cellist with a potential to attend Julliard and her romance with an up and
coming lead singer of a garage band.
No pun intended
but this whole movie lived and died on
the performance of the lead Chloe Grace
Moretz who is one of the most
popular young actresses working in Hollywood today. She totally delivered in
his film…she’s never given a bad performance and was amazing in LET ME IN and
CARRIE and was a fan favorite in her debut as Hit Girl in KICKASS and was probably the
only good thing about the Johnny Depp
misfire DARK SHADOWS. In fact I can’t see anyone else playing the lead in
this…if anyone else had it would have easily been a TV-movie of the week but Chloe Grace is a true star.
Best Scene: A series of scenes
where she tries to connect with friends and family keeping vigil as she hovers
between life and death.
A.C.’s Rating: Matinee
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