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source: If You're Gone

This movie was a terrible waste of 1hr and 54 mins of my life. The acting was terrible, so very hard to watch, although the movie did have a great plot, i wish it didn't seem like a grade12 film project. I've never made a movie review before but i felt the need for this one to warn anyone even considering taking the 2hrs out of their day. We are all currently in quarantine and I would rather watch paint dry than ever watch this movie again.

I loved this movie!! It definitely touched on reality of a real life event. There's so many teenagers in the world who never know Jesus due to never being brought up in church. Well worth watching!

They could have cut about 30 minutes and it would have been better. However, the story was excellent and kept my attention. The main star, Macey McLane, who played the main character Lilian, was the primary reason it kept my attention. She was outstanding! She was the best actor by far. There was something about her. Very convincing and real. A beautiful young actress with a lot going for her. I'd like to see her in more movies. Breath of fresh air.

This "movie" should have been 30 minutes long. Horrible parade of crybaby girls and law breaking boys. The boy was a jerk, and we're supposed to care about his dying drug addict alcoholic mother who threw him away when he was 10 years old? If she had died alone she would have gotten exactly what she deserved. And the idiotic teenybopper girl didn't care about his past? Your past is a part of you whether you like it or not. And his past caused him to do what he did. Other than that it doesn't make any sense why he refused to tell anyone where he was or what he was doing. His friends and adoptive parents suffered for close to a year while he tended to his pathetic mother. And oh, by the way, why couldn't his brother have taken care of her? Movie had so many twists and turns that made no sense at all.

A very good movie. Not sure why some are so against it. There is some Christian themes, prayers and church scenes. But it not an overly, in-your-face 'Christian' movie. The turning to God when faced with tragedy was very believable and not exaggerated. It's a movie for the entire family...nothing objectionable. Sure, some of the acting wasn't that great. But, overall I really enjoyed it and recommend it. And, I was very happy with the ending...no spoiler...just think it was a great way to wrap everything up.

I'm sorry, I wanted to like this. But the plot and ending was really disappointing. I didn't feel like I got a lot out of it. The reason he was gone was not really good enough, and trying to show the process of grief was just messy in the way the plot was. If he was actually dead, or gone back to his old life, that would have made more sense. But the ending.... what? The whole plot could have gone so many different directions and it would have been better, I feel like it just fell flat. The acting didn't really bother me actually. I just wanted more out of it. Especially being a faith based movie.

When Brad is finally found, his former girlfriend, who is supposedly the hero, gives him a completely impossible choice. He must immediately leave his dying biological mother, risking her death while he is gone, or she will just break up with him forever, although "forgiving him." At least she gave the ring back. Instead of a true reunion between his two families, perfectly plausible under the circumstances, it apparently never occurs to either of them that a compromise could be reached in any case. His bio mom was clean now, and needed him. His adopted family clearly would have understood, and might have even been willing to help the biological mother in her last days. . She also completely forgives his brother for totally deceiving her repeatedly, but not Brad, who she said she would have loved forever if he had only been honest. Yet both had good intentions in their lies. Do I detect a bit of hypocrisy here? I can only hope the book was better. But the movie was a hideous example of Christianity. Oh, and I forgot her best friend since childhood abandoned her totally for awhile because she was in such grief that she could not function for awhile. She was to either get it together or forget the friendship. Great friend. Worst movie ever on UPTV, which usually has better religiously themed movies than Hallmark. This one was more like something on "Frightful family and friends" night on Lifetime.

Wish I read the comments below earlier. The movie dragged on and on and the twist was just stupid. Do not waste 2 hours of your life. Just not worth it.