![]() No this doesn't mean they skip over too many things (admit haven't read the story), but it keeps the adventure going, all while maintaining the romance involved. Everything, Everything keeps the pace moving, making sure to bring prompt, concise introductions and dive right into the story at hand. No, your eyes are not playing tricks on you my friends, you read right. However, in Everything, Everything, that trend was finally broken. LIKES Good pace Great chemistry Realistic, not annoying Twist Summary: Okay, when it comes to love stories we know I find the pace to be slow and often boring, (yes, I'm a robot). And so here comes yet another addition to the teenage book movie collection Everything, Everything! Interesting title aside, I must admit I didn't have high hopes for this movie, but nevertheless I'm back in the theater to give you the thoughts on yet another film. While the number of generational novels (and subsequent movies) have increased over the decades, their quality has decreased for many, lost to the gimmick of modern, superficial entertainment it has become. ![]() Those two single parents who turned their families into train wrecks would make a fine pair indeed.Ĭoming of age movies have come in a variety of styles, packages, and of course quality. Whittier meets the abusive father of Olly Bright next door. The feeling that results in this bizarre film may best be described as "icky." Perhaps there will be a sequel in which the deranged Dr. It is difficult to come to terms with a film that elicits neither tears nor warmth from the outcome of the relationship of young Maddy and Olly. How could any parent lock a child up, stunt the child's development, and thwart the youngster's dreams? The excellent actress playing the role of the doctor had to struggle to put a human face on a psychotic character. ![]() There was blatant dishonesty in the portrayal of the doctor. Rather, it was a convenient plot twist clumsily imposed on the film to allow the two young people to elope. The revelation of a sick and twisted mother did not emerge organically out of the character of Dr. Pauline Whittier was suffering from such emotional pain and narcissism that she turned into a super control freak with regard to her daughter's life. It turns out that the mother, a medical doctor who has sworn the Hippocratic oath, has lied to her daughter about the SCID the kid was fine all along! Having lost her husband and her baby boy, Dr. SPOILER FOLLOWS: But nothing can prepare the viewer for the major revelation that occurs late in the film. Any sensitive filmmgoer had to cringe when Maddy boarded the germ-y airplane, not to mention bedding down with Olly. Given this background, it was a stretch to believe that the two young people would take off for Hawaii together. She is unable even to go outside, let alone have personal contact with others, due to her weak immune system. The youngsters faced the insurmountable conflict of family dysfunction, but also the grim realities of Maddy living in an antiseptic bubble, due to her condition of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). The two young actors were winsome in their performances of the star-crossed lovers, Maddy Whittier and Olly Bright. As it turned out, the scripting was so bad that the film ended somewhere in the middle between these polarities. At the start of "Everything, Everything," it was clear that the film would be either (a) a Romeo & Juliet-style tearjerker or (b) a wish-fulfillment fantasy.
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