Maddie (Stenberg) has SCID, a rare illness that makes her very susceptible to everyday viruses our immune system has no problem battling. Because being in conta...
Maddie has SCID, a rare illness that makes her very susceptible to everyday viruses our immune system has no problem battling. Because being in contact with the outside could kill her, doctor mum Pauline hasn't allowed her leave the house in eighteen years, sealing up windows, and limiting visitors to nurse Carla and her daughter.
Adapted from Nicola Yoon's novel Everything Everything is a sweet and soft affair, a mixture of the tragic loneliness of The Boy In The Bubble and the us-against-the-world teen romance of Endless Love. It takes a first love very seriously, worming its way into the mindset of the teenage characters and seeing the world from their point of view.
Because it's so adamant to remain, shall we say, chaste the story ignores potentially delicious avenues that could darken and deepen the narrative. Robinson's Olly, who is undercooked somewhat despite displaying some Lloyd Dobler charm: his problems with his father are kept at a distance and his motives re Maddie aren't questioned. Is because it's safe for him? She will always remain locked up, untouched, pure. This idea could have at least been put to him so he could deny it.
But Meghie opts for the rather twee notion that he's her soulmate and so relegates him to making the grand romantic gestures that a teenage boy would never have the presence of mind to make, and grants him the emotional maturity needed to deal with the bizarre situation he's found himself in. He is, as Maddie points out, a prince. A fantasy. It can all get a bit Nicholas Sparks at times.
But Robinson and Amandla Stenberg conjure up the requisite heat. Unable to touch, the rising sexual tension can't be ignored and Stenberg wonderfully manages to traverse innocence and sexual adventure.Amandla Stenberg is an American actor. They made their acting debut with the film Colombiana , and had their breakthrough playing Rue in the film The Hunger Games , for…
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