Overall I walked away liking the film. We see some great performances from Michael Angarano, Cynthia Nixon and Brian Stoke Mitchell. The two guys who played the main characters friends (not sure of their names) were also pretty good.
Where this movie falls short in a few ways is trying to do way to much. I honestly think that this is a movie that could have stood on it's own as a story where Dylan is coming to terms with his death and his mother is dealing with going through a tremendous loss once again. When they keep cutting back to Nikki and dealing with her baggage and attitude I just lost interest. I honestly couldn't have cared why Nikki was such an unlikeable person, I have just crown up in a world were all super models are mean and vapid, I dont care what made them that way.
Mr. Angarano gives a great performance and I was captivated by him on screen. It is easy for someone to say that knowing your time on earth was limited you would live life to the fullest and go after your dreams, but that does not always happen. It was intriguing to see a character who was seemingly fearless and wanted to leave his mark on this world and it becomes clear that through the people he has encountered he has done just that.
Styleisticly, I liked a lot of the choices made but it was nothing to set the world on fire, there were some great shots however (i.e. the bathroom about 25-30 mins in). Cut out the Nikki subplot (made the entire thing play like a sunday night movie on TNT) and some bolder choices in the editing room and this is a first rate movie that would be a sin to overlook.