SPOILER ALERT, kinda.
I know I don’t usually do reviews on books or even movies but I thought this would be fun. Although I would be reviewing an old film since I just watched it LOL but this would be enitirely for my own satisfaction.
I would start with the book,
Author: Nicola Yoon
Year published: 2015
Summary:
Basically this book is a love story and to me, it’s a good one. It’s about an 18 year old who suffers from S.C.I.D since she was young. It’s a disease that makes her immune system weak. She’s not allowed to go outside of her house and she hasn’t for 17 years. Until, of course, after a new boy moves in next door.
To me was generally great. Though I cant remember much of it to talk about it since I read the book a few years again.
Moving on to the film,
Directed by: Stella Meghie
Produced by: - Elysa Dutton
- Leslie Morgenstein
Written by: J. Mills Goodloe
Based on: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Starring
- Amandla Stenberg
- Nick Robinson
Music by: Ludwig Göransson
Cinematography: Igor Jadue-Lillo
Edited by: Nancy Richardson
Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Alloy Entertainment
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
May 19, 2017
Running time
96 minutes
I would like to start with the characters. Love, love the idea of interacial relationships and Amanda Stenberg pulled it off as the “I’ve been sick my entire love and I don’t know what love is” but Nick Robinson on the other side… Don’t get me wrong he pulled it off too as the “I look emo but Im actually soft” boy but I don’t know.. maybe it’s because Ive seen him in Love, Simon, I don’t look at him the same anymore.
I like the idea adding another character which is Rosa, Carla’s daughter though I don’t see the benefit of it. And the fact that they cut out Carla’s scene from the book where Maddy visited her before heading to Hawaii was to me a mistake. The scene, from the book, was to me vital as it shows that Maddy appreciated her for all the times she was inside the house. Now that she’s not, she needs to let Carla know that she will always will be remembered, incase Maddy doesnt make it back.
Okay Im not gonna look pass the fact that an 18 year old can easily get TWO plane tickets TO HAWAII. I don’t know how credit cards work in the U.S but it is definitely not tha easy to get one here.
I guess that’s all I have to say. Overall, it was a really good film. Although it was fast, it made me want to fall in love and that is a good thing.
