If I Stay is the best when it focuses on its characters and relationships. Everything else is somewhat extraneous.

The title refers to Mia's fraught decision-should she cling to existence or just give up?-and, well before the end, even loyal viewers will be begging her to hurry up and choose.

Documentarian R.J. Cutler, in his feature debut, joins Moretz in delivering this pap as if it meant something. Cue eye rolling.

It invites you to wonder if people do sit around and revel in the slow reveal of dead characters? 'If I Stay' thinks yes. I say no.