Mia Hall and her family are getting ready to go on with their normal day activities when it is announced on the radio that school has been canceled. Mia Hall ‘s dad Denny Hall is a teacher and as a result of the snow day does not have to go to work. Mia Hall ‘s mom Kat, a travel agent, decides to call in sick and along with her family get on the road to visit Mia Hall ‘s grandparents who live on a farm. It is also revealed that Mia Hall is dating an older, popular up-and-coming rock-star named Adam Wilde.
The story flashes back to Mia Hall ‘s early life with a rocker dad and an inexperienced mom; one day they take Mia Hall to a music class where Mia Hall decides that she wants to start playing the cello. After her parents see that Mia Hall is passionate about the cello they hire a teacher to help her play. Kat is shown pregnant with Teddy Hall whom Mia Hall thinks is the reason for her father’s departure from his band.
Years later, an adolescent Mia Hall is still passionate about the cello and is playing at school in the band room where Adam peeks in on her playing, seeing her for the first time, leading him to ask Kim, Mia Hall’s best friend, about her. Adam Wilde then asks Mia Hall out on a date to a cello recital, where they show mutual affection towards one another.
The story flashes back to current time with the family driving to the grandparents’ farm when their car collides with an oncoming truck. Mia Hall appears to have an out-of-body experience where she finds herself barefoot and sees her body lying on the road while paramedics are trying to help her and her family. Mia Hall tries to ask a paramedic what is happening, but realizes that no one can see or hear her. Mia Hall , now in the hospital, panics as she does not know the current status of any of her family members when they take her in for surgery. A sympathetic nurse tells Mia Hall —her physical body, not Mia Hall ‘s spirit, which apparently she cannot see either—that it is up to her whether or not she wants to stay.
The story flashes back once again to Mia Hall attending one of Adam Wilde’s concerts with his band Willamette Stone, where she doesn’t seem to fit in. Adam Wilde’s band is steadily gaining more recognition and gets signed to a label, which starts to put a strain on their relationship due to the travel schedule. While at dinner, Mia’s Grandpa suggests that she should apply to Juilliard, an idea which she initially rebuffs, but later further researches. She eventually lands an audition in San Francisco. It takes a while for Mia Hall to tell Adam Wilde about her audition and when she does he becomes upset and leaves for a week-long gig.
In the present day, Mia Hall undergoes surgery. She sees a doctor speaking with her grandparents who are standing outside of a pediatric room where Teddy lies in a coma-like state. Adam Wilde comes to the hospital to see Mia Hall, but is not allowed in as he is not an immediate family member. It is then revealed that Mia Hall’s mom Kat was pronounced dead on arrival, and her dad Denny died on the operating table. She later finds out that Teddy has died from an epidural hematoma. Grandpa talks to Mia Hall, revealing that her father gave up being in a band because he wanted to give her a better life and be a better father. He also, tearfully, gives Mia Hall permission to move on from this life if she wants, which influences Mia Hall to decide that she wants to die so that she can join her family on the other side.
The story flashes back to Mia Hall at her audition for Juilliard, where she plays the best she has ever played, leading her to think that if accepted she will go. After a reconciliation with Adam Wilde, they talk about the huge possibility of her going to Juilliard, which ultimately leads to them breaking up and going their separate ways.
After some time, Mia Hall seems stable enough to receive more visitors. Mia Hall is shown symbolically about to let go when she hears the music performed at the cello recital that she attended with Adam Wilde. It is revealed that Adam WIlde has come to see Mia and that he is playing his iPod for her. He brings with him a letter Mia Hall has received from Juilliard saying that she has been accepted, and lets her know that he will do whatever she wants if she stays. He begins to play the song he has finally written about her. Mia Hall, after flashing back through all the happy moments in her life, squeezes Adam Wilde’s hand and opens her eyes, and sees Adam Wilde as he hovers over her and says, “Mia?”
Cast :
- Chloë Grace Moretz as Mia Hall
- Joshua Leonard as Denny Hall
- Mireille Enos as Kat
- Jamie Blackley as Adam Wilde
- Jakob Davies as Tedy Hall
- Liana Liberato as Kim
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