Wide release March 15, 2019: Streaming 6/11/19
Viewed April 6, 2019 with Ella Bella
IMBd: 7.2
RT Critic: 55 Audience: 79
Critic's Consensus:
Cag: 4 Liked more than I care to admit, despite the tears....
Directed by Justin Baldoni
CBS Films
Based on the book by Rachael Lippincott
Haley Lou Richardson, Cole Sprouse
My comments: I did not...I repeat I did NOT want to go see this movie, but Laura didn't want to either, so guess who took the person who really, really wanted to see it? I knew it would be a tearjerker and I certainly wasn't wrong. First half of the movie was great, learned a lot about cystic fibrosis. I greatly enjoyed the splendid cast. The second half of the movie is when all the tearjerking started. Very poignant. You could hear the sniffling and nose blowing throughout the theater. Ella grabbed my hand many times. She tried not to sob. She'd read the book, so she knew what was going to happen and when I asked she said the movie was following the book fairly well. I learned a lot, shed tears I did not want to shed, and was left terribly depressed. How to rate? Tough. If I went with my emotions it would be very low, but it was well-done and memorable with terrific acting.
RT/ IMDb Summary: Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness. There's an instant flirtation, through restrictions dictate that they must maintain a safe distance between them. As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the window and embrace that attraction.
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