Everything, Everything (2017) User Reviews

Pretty good but mishandled the reaction to child abuse.

[gamemaster-91558 · 5/10 · 17 August 2017]

*MAJOR PLOT RUINING SPOILERS*

I liked the story as much as I enjoy any other sappy teenage romance. There are unforgivable "movie sins" in this movie that I can not get over though and that is the way that child abuse is handled. The main huge plot twist of this movie is that Maddy's mother was a delusional child abuser who kept her daughter locked in a glass cage with the threat of dying from a disease that she didn't have. The way in which the movie handles this is having Maddy run away to nurse Carla, her previous caretaker and only other human contact who got fired for allowing her to stand in the same room as another human being. This first step was amazing but from then on it just went down hill. Maddy does not press charges and her mother is treated like she is also a victim who should be offered sympathy. This is neither a realistic and human response to that kind of situation nor is it morally right. The movie ends with a mentally unstable individual who imprisoned someone for their entire life walking free with no consequences. If the woman is capable of that kind of craziness than what horrors will she inflict upon the world now after her victim has escaped.

Cute young love!

[nicole102292 · 7/10 · 18 January 2018]

This movie was surprisingly good. I didn't have much expectation for it since it is a teen romance movie, but I found myself smiling and loving the relationship between Maddy and Olly. It is a feel good movie with a few bumps along the way.

Better than what I expected

[joanasimasleite · 7/10 · 25 May 2018]

I had already heard a lot about this movie.Some people said it was boring,it had a bad argument and it was nothing compared to the book.I am actually reading the book currently,and I can agree on that point.However,I found the story really unpredictable and well done. The actors were good,the scenarios were really really pretty and well done,I think that's the thing that I enjoyed the most. For the ones that like cute love stories,I definitely recommend this one!

A strong outing for Amanda Stenberg.. Much better than a typical teen drama.

[Oberrated · 7/10 · 30 May 2017]

'Everything, Everything' gives off every vibe of just another 'Fault in Our Stars' but impressively enough, it somehow does something just a little differently. Whether it was the clear chemistry and/or the fantastic acting ability given off by Amanda Stenberg, it ultimately results in a product that is pure and genuine that shows a young love as innocent and honest as it could be. Besides minor petty things, there is not much to complain about. Being a typical young adult drama, I can not give a stronger rating but all things considered, this is a glowing thumbs up for 'Everything, Everything'.

...The book was better

[chloewhite-73614 · 6/10 · 18 July 2018]

Honestly, after reading the book and watching the movie, I thought the book was far by better than the movie. The book was so intriguing and interesting but very different from the movie. The movie on the other hand, was a bit awkward to watch, because of the actors acting (in my opinion). Also, I thought the director tried a bit too hard to make the main character (Maddy) to be aesthetic which I thought was unnesaccery but I did like some of the scenes within the movie. I just wish the director (and the author i guess) could have made the scenes more realistic like the part where she knew how to swim, like c'mon she's been locked up in her room for years and she knows how to swim? In addition, the sountrack was actually really good.

Predictable, but charismatic cast and a few quirks make it somewhat enjoyable.

[TOMASBBloodhound · 7/10 · 25 January 2018]

Everything, Everything may not win any Oscars this spring but there isn't any fault in these young stars. This film deals with a teenage girl who lives her life sealed up in her house, and under close medical supervision by either a nurse or her mother who is a doctor. Her only sibling, a brother, and her father were apparently killed in an accident. she has to do her schoolwork online. It's a pretty lonely life for young Maddy, who suffers from some disease where she has a very weak immune system and cannot be exposed to typical germs. At least she doesn't have to live in a bubble like John Travolta or Jake Gyllenhaal. It looks like a nice house, anyway. Big windows. Big enough to let her flirt wiyh the new boy Olly who just moved in next door, anyway. Olly is apparently a cute boy, but he has a rough life. His dad is an abusive drunk who can't hold a job, forcing them to move often. These two kids are in need of a good romance, its safe to say. But how can these kids get to know each other when Maddy isn't supposed to be in the room with other kids??

With the help of her nurse, Maddy and Olly are able to strike up a little bit of a relationship. Plot complications involving her mother seem to stop it before it can get beyond a 4th of July kiss, though. Maddy is compelled to do something bold. She purchases tickets for herself and Olly to take a romantic trip to Hawai'i! I guess she'd theoretically rather die of every possible germ imaginable than spend another day locked inside her house. And what a fun trip it is!

Spoiler.

Of course once this trip is taken, there are only 2 paths this story can take. The film dangles one in front of our face, then hits us over the head with the other. And it was no surprise to this author that Maddy was not really sick, but think of what that says about her mother. By the film's end, their relationship is still up in the air as Maddy's childhood was proven to be an unnecessary lie. Do Maddy and Olly end up together? Take a wild guess, but you'll feel they've earned their happy ending.

This is a better than expected film, and the young stars get a lot of the credit. Amanda Stenberg in particular will hopefully use this film to vault herself to great things. Despite many predictable parts, there are some nice touches involving Maddy's architecture projects coming to life, and her astronaut guardian angel. Despite the PG-13 rating, the film has little explicit material, save for one scene of I'd call it "implied intimacy". Will this film's target audience of teens get the Nurse Ratched reference? Will their parents know what it means when they are asked?? 1975 was a long time ago.

The Hound.

Life on SCID Row

[lavatch · 1/10 · 24 August 2017]

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. As it turned out, the scripting was so bad that the film ended somewhere in the middle between these polarities.

The two young actors were winsome in their performances of the star-crossed lovers, Maddy Whittier and Olly Bright. 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). She is unable even to go outside, let alone have personal contact with others, due to her weak immune system.

Given this background, it was a stretch to believe that the two young people would take off for Hawaii together. Any sensitive filmmgoer had to cringe when Maddy boarded the germ-y airplane, not to mention bedding down with Olly.

SPOILER FOLLOWS: But nothing can prepare the viewer for the major revelation that occurs late in the film. 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. 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. The revelation of a sick and twisted mother did not emerge organically out of the character of Dr. Whittier. Rather, it was a convenient plot twist clumsily imposed on the film to allow the two young people to elope. There was blatant dishonesty in the portrayal of the doctor. 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.

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. 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. Whittier meets the abusive father of Olly Bright next door. Those two single parents who turned their families into train wrecks would make a fine pair indeed.

Surprisingly Good

[jeremyjessup · 8/10 · 24 May 2017]

I'm an action movie kind of guy. I see every Marvel, DC and transformers movie as soon as they come out. I care not for chick flicks. Luckily my wife doesn't force me to go to them either. I watched this movie because it's our anniversary and I wanted to watch a movie I knew my wife would enjoy. I went into this movie with a Large soda and Large popcorn with the expectation to keep myself energized so that I wouldn't fall asleep on my wife. NOT NEEDED.

This movie didn't have the most action packed story line but the story line was good. They progressed the story at a good pace, not lingering on any one scene too long. They did a good job developing the characters backgrounds and helping you understand everyone and had a nice plot twist at the end that didn't feel rushed as if they had run out of budget. They also didn't linger with the closing.

While this movie didn't make me want to go see other chick flicks or go read the book, I definitely enjoyed this movie. I know that some of the ways they portrayed SCID and people who are disabled isn't necessarily accurate, but it doesn't take away from the quality of the movie. After all, this wasn't a documentary but a romance movie so I'm OK with them taking a few liberties with the portrayal of her condition.

"Everything Everything" may not be "all that", but it is creative and charming.

[dave-mcclain · 6/10 · 19 May 2017]

SCID, severe combined immunodeficiency, is a rare genetic disorder in which the sufferer's immune system is so weak that any bacteria or virus could prove fatal, requiring the patient to live in a sterile environment. SCID is the disease at the center of the plot in the YA romantic drama "Everything Everything" (PG-13, 1:36) and has appeared in various forms of popular culture for decades. The 1976 made-for-TV movie "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble" (starring a young John Travolta) was inspired by the childhood of SCID sufferer David Vetter (and Ted DeVita, who had a similar disease). The film, in turn, inspired a song on Paul Simon's 1986 "Graceland" album, a musical and even a popular political analogy (referring to the isolation of living in the White House). However, most cultural references to the disease have been in small screen comedies, including "The Bubble Boy" episode of "Seinfeld", an episode of "That 70s Show" and an installment of RiffTrax in which veterans of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" mockingly comment on the 1976 film. But "Everything Everything" treats SCID with deadly seriousness.

Maddy Whittier (Amandla Stenberg) is about to turn 18, but hasn't been outdoors since she was an infant. Due to her SCID diagnosis, Maddy's mother, Pauline (Anika Noni Rose), keeps her in a germ-free environment in which her windows don't open, her clothes are sterilized before she wears them and the only outsiders with whom she interacts (after they pass through a special antechamber) are her nurse, Carla (Ana de la Reguera), and Carla's teenage daughter, Rosa (Danube Hermosillo). It's a good thing for Maddy that Pauline is a doctor, so she can monitor her daughter's health – and make enough money to pay for their specially-designed house. And Pauline is the only family Maddy has left, since her father and brother were killed in a car crash long ago. Maddy spends her days reading, learning about life from the internet and looking through her window dreaming about the outside world, especially the ocean.

Then, something else of great interest shows up on the other side of Maddy's windows. A young man named Olly (Nick Robinson) and his family move in next door. Maddy and Olly quickly connect, in spite of the space (and glass) between them, helped out by the fact that their bedroom windows face each other. Their flirting looks and waves give way to texts when Olly writes his cell number on his window. Of course, they Email too. As our protagonists get to know each other one digital message at a time, Olly is not deterred by Maddy's unusual situation – and she wants nothing more than to be in the same room as him. Without consulting Pauline, Carla makes Maddy's wish happen, which only makes these crazy kids want to spend even more time together and maybe even… touch… someday. Pauline figures out what's going on and gets very angry, fearing that pursuing this relationship would mean Maddy's life. But Maddy starts thinking that her life isn't really "living" at all and that love is "everything everything".

"Everything Everything" is sweet, sappy and surprising. Screenwriter J. Mills Goodloe ("The Age of Adeline") adapts Nicola Yoon's 2015 novel faithfully, rendering a romantic drama that can be seen either as fresh or far-fetched… or both. Although it's somewhat predictable (especially if you've seen the theatrical trailer, which reveals more than this review), unless you've read the book, you probably won't see the twist coming. Director Stella Meghie (only helming her second feature film) stages some of the less visual aspects of the story with imagination and keeps the melodrama to a minimum, while playing up the romance and its cuteness, along with taking advantage of the attractiveness and chemistry of her two stars. Stenberg and Robinson are talented young actors with bright futures ahead of them. This movie has the sweetness of the 1976 John Travolta movie, updated for the 21st century. (It can also be understood as "The Fault in Our Stars" meets "American Beauty".) The film is very likely to appeal to the target audience and maybe even some of the male persuasion and/or Movie Fans who no longer have the number "1" as the first digit in their ages. It's also encouragingly post-racial, with a small but diverse cast and the obvious differences in the backgrounds of Maddy and Olly not only not an issue, but not even mentioned. "Everything Everything" may not exactly be "all that", but it is creative & charming. "B"

What the actual fu*k

[matthewcrammond · 1/10 · 1 August 2018]

Am twenty minutes into watching this with my girlfriend. I'm honestly feeling like she's going to break up with me straight after it ends, as she must really hate me to put me through this.

1: why is 1 second outside enough to kill her, but multiple people strut in and out all day every day. (oh my god! I forgot the went through TWO doors, that should obliterate every tiny piece of micro bacteria known to man... and I guess they change or take off their shoes. Maybe only towels carry bacteria?)

2. Why is she often wearing shoes. Not being funny, but that's just weird if you're never allowed outside. Weirder than wheel chair people wearing them probably.

3. Why are they so into each other? He bought a cake round then wrote his number on the window and now they're in love? Hopefully he is a murderer. She deserves to die of she's that stupid.

4. He has a mullet

5. The Alice in wonderland review but made me want to be sick.

6. 'Who does an online architecture modelling course'

7. She's not like an astronaut, she's like someone with HIV if anything.

8. 'Olly' has said 'thinking is overrated twice now already and I'm less than half way through. Maybe they're trying to implant that into the viewers head in the hope they'll like the film.

9. Putting pictures of places she can't go on the window is a dick move.

10. I literally spent this long writing this to avoid watching the film properly.

11. She has 100 sterilised plain white t shirts. Don't think I've seen her wear anything other than unflattering crop tops from forever 21.

12. Please let the plane crash.

13. Ffs.

14. How does a 16 year old boy with a violent dad and one set of clothes fly her to Hawaii? Maybe she sells her models and he sold his mums cakes that she seems to make Non stop.

15. And an apartment in the beach that most stock brokers couldnt afford for their honeymoon.

16. I give up.

17. Worst swim suit ever.

Everything We Have Seen Before

[rgkarim · 8/10 · 19 May 2017]

Coming of age movies have come in a variety of styles, packages, and of course quality. 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. 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. Let's get it on…figuratively that is.

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). However, in Everything, Everything, that trend was finally broken. No, your eyes are not playing tricks on you my friends, you read right. Everything, Everything keeps the pace moving, making sure to bring prompt, concise introductions and dive right into the story at hand. 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.

What helped accomplish this? In all honesty, I think it was the chemistry that made the movie, with the two stars Amandla Stenberg and Nick Robinson having a fantastic relationship with each other. They play off each other's emotions, seem to like working with other, and maximize the energy they bring to the screen. It's like they are actually in love with each other, or at least friends, and that sold the relationship/story for me. An added bonus is that the relationship felt like a real example of a developing relationship, forgoing the cheap antics of cheesy love that most romantic comedies choose. They weren't instantly soul mates or magically destined to succeed. So, nice to see that portrayed every once in a while.

Yet the main thing that sunk me into the tale was the twist in the story. It takes a lot to surprise me in movies (I've seen so many after all), but this movie was able to covertly hide some nuances that seemed inconsistent were instead hints at what was to come. While it took place a little late, it really brought the film to full circle and ended the film with a powerful finale. Nice job my friends… nice job.

DISLIKES • A slow abridged start • A few overacted moments • Some odd directions • Dropped characters • Uniqueness is kind of missing

Summary: I know what you're thinking, you're contradicting yourself again. Hear me out, overall the pace worked for me, but the opening took a little time to take off the ground. The introduction was a little dragged out and slow, merely a compellation of moping scenes with a monologue overlapping to explain the abridged, somewhat underdeveloped details.

In addition, the movie takes some odd turns in the film, going into some pointless tangents that were odder than anything. A common metaphor is the astronaut to which she compares her life to, a symbol of being a long individual stuck in the vast, empty void. Cool symbolism, but it gets lost in these trippy side arcs of the astronaut trying to do mundane tasks in the background while our characters act out their text messages. I'm guessing it was trying to be funny, but this weirdness was an unneeded distraction that did little but make me think some drugs could have been involved. Well that and helping distract from some of the more overacted moments. Despite a rich chemistry between each other, there were times that reaction failed to activated, leading too some flat attempts at get tears going. Fortunately, these eye rolling moments were kept to a minimum.

And while the story was good overall for me, there are still a few other flaws that hit me. First of all, the trailers spent some time building up a few characters (such as the nurse and for a while the mother), only for them to drop them out of the picture for a long while. Why the dropped story? Why the potential for a little emotional build up to really kick things up? Probably for more kissing and declarations of love I suppose. Still they cheated us out of some good character interactions, leaving us to explore those components by reading the book. How dare they! This brings me to the last dislike, the lack of uniqueness. Despite the twists, surprises and decent pace, Everything, Everything still lacks that unique touch that we all still look for. It has all the familiar elements of this genre, with little deviation and originality to compliment on. If this familiarity is what you want, then great, because that comfort is present in the movie. However, if you are looking for something with a little more pizazz and originality… then you will want to move along.

The VERDICT:

Despite lacking originality, this reviewer is pleased to see a quality coming of age movie hit the theaters this weekend. Everything, Everything certainly has everything you want in a teenage chick flick with a decent pace, good acting chemistry, and a nice twist to spruce things up. Yet it still is that familiar story of love Hollywood likes and lacks a lot of theater worthy elements that make it worth the admission price. Therefore, I can recommend this movie for a visit if you're looking for a good book movie, but I still recommend waiting for Redbox to see this film.

My score is:

Drama/Romance: 8.0 Movie Overall: 6.5

Solid Opening Acts But Ends Up Being Convoluted Near the End

[eric262003 · 6/10 · 1 February 2020]

"Everything, Everything" is an adaptation from a young adult novel by author Nicola Yoon explores the compelling question of what balances life, quality or quantity? The first two acts does a brilliant job of responding to this question, but then once we've reached the climax of the movie the realism takes an unfortunate nosedive that the contrivances becomes a bit overwhelming. This revealing twist may shock you in the end, but seems to be out of nowhere quite too soon which can be a bit misleading to some.

The movie like the novel centres on young teenager Madeline Whittier (Amandla Stenberg) who has become an involuntary recluse due to a rare disease called SCID which suspends her from even stepping outside her sterilized home and is under the care of her widowed physician mother, Pauline (Aninka Noni Rose) and her nurse Carla (Ana De La Reguera) and her friend who's Carla's daughter Rosa (Danube R. Hermosillo). Her pastimes including gazing out the window wondering what is out there that she is missing out, takes online courses in modeling architecture, watching movies with her overbearing mother and living in a pathogen free atmosphere.One day, a new family arrives and a kid roughly about her age named Olly Bright (Nick Robinson) who may be her ticket to escape from her reclusive lifestyle as she's very attractive to this boy and has always wanted to more than anything is to go to the beach.

Under the careful direction from Stella Meghie, "Everything, Everything" faithfully examines the world around our leading protagonist as she lives her life through the Internet, the window viewing and her imagination. I don't think the scenes with the astronaut was needed as it didn't provide much, but her texting to her new friend Olly is a symbolic cry for help as as each want out of their doldrums.

Sadly though, Olly's story which was prominent in Yoon's story is quite secondary almost as an afterthought as Maddy's story is the primary focus making Olly's character lacking dimension as his world is also hers as well. We know he's got family issues too as he lives with an abusive father but they're only touched upon very briefly. His character is rendered as just a prop for Maddy as she escapes to the outside world for the first time regardless of her illness as she sacrifices her well-being just to come out and enjoy life. Olly's views of life have little affect on the story as he's an underdeveloped love decoy and not a costar. It's a sigh of relief that the movie never emphasizes on the biracial aspect of their relationship which shouldn't matter because everyone's all the same regardless of their skin colour. I bring this up because society seems obsessed with race politics being the top issue in filming these days.

In the dying minutes of the movie, the scenes presented seem to fall under a revelation that's very last second, rushed and not entirely believable. I wasn't sure if it was due to the many rewrites of how they wanted the movie to end, but it just seems to not gel well to the narrative we've been fed to us in the opening acts of the movie.

When it came to the casting choices of the two main characters they were seeking for relative unknowns, however they ended up getting two known performers to play Maddy and Olly. Stenberg is known for her role as Rue from "The Hunger Games" and while Robinson is known for his role in the "Jurassic World" movies. And though they they both inject great spark into their interactions with one another, there are times when the film goes way too fast that we all can't catch up to what they'll be doing next and situations are handled way too quickly and are solved very easily it can be surreal at times.

Aside from the incoherent ending, "Everything, Everything" falls victim to the lack of patience in various scene that could have potential development to the characters. Sure I can understand that the movie is aimed towards a younger age demographic not adjusted to developing characters but scenes seem opted for quick solutions and the feelings Maddy and Olly have for each other are forced upon them as opposed to being organic. There needs to be a more effective element for a romantic relationship to blossom rather than just two youngsters gazing at each other from opposite sides of the window, but the crew just wanted the relationship covered without hesitation which feels at times unnatural. Sure there are other young adult films out there that might attract teenagers everywhere, "Everything Everything" is only average at best.

Poorly Constructed Plot

[paddytoneil · 2/10 · 8 June 2017]

My girlfriend absolutely loves chick flicks. While I am not a fan; I'm more than happy to watch what will make her happy. This movie was horrible. That's coming from her. I cannot describe the relief I felt when my girlfriend turned to me at the end of the movie and said "that was awful."

Spoilers here: Onto the aspects of the movie itself. You have a very generic male character who has a vague background of living with an abusive and dead-beat father. I'm going to assume that he's the first boy to ever move in next-door to Maddy (the girl with the "disease"). With the help of a nurse, the boy (who the audience will come to know as Olly) is allowed to have a couple of secret visits with Maddy. Long story short, the two of them fall in love via text message and through these visits. The nurse gets fired (after 15 years of service) for these visits, the mother of Maddy turns out to be semi-deranged, Olly moves his family to New York, and Maddy finds out the truth of why she's been locked away for 18 years.

If you enjoy cringing excessively through a movie, this is the flick for you.

Should you watch it?!

[molnosnorbert · 6/10 · 4 September 2018]

Yes! Even if it seems like cliche, it's definitely worth a watch! (If you're looking for something romantic obviously).

completely unexpected direction

[MLDinTN · 6/10 · 11 January 2018]

This movie seemed like one thing but then went in a totally different direction. Maddy is an 18 year old that has no immune system and has lived in a bubble her whole life. Her mom is a doctor and has been caring for her since her husband and other child died. Olly moves next door and Maddy is infactuated. They start texting and calling and soon maddy talks her nurse into letting him come over against her mom's wishes. Olly and Maddy grow closer and one day Maddy runs outside when Olly is in trouble. So Maddy's mom has a cow and says the friendship must stop. Maddy agrees at first but then the wanting to live takes over and she takes a trip with Olly to Hawaii. There she gets sick and mom comes to the rescue.

Olly moves to New York and a few weeks later Maddy gets a call from the doctor in Hawaii and learns she doesn't have SCID. She just got sick because she has never been exposed to anything. She confronts her mom and wants to see papers where it says she was diagnosed with it. Her mom doesn't have any . Basically her mom made up the diagnosis to keep her in the house because of the car wreck that took her husband and son.

How awful. I was not expecting this. The mom is lucky Maddy would even talk to her in the next 10 years. But it seems like Maddy understands. She must be the most forgiving person ever. Her mom kept her in a bubble for her own selfish reasons and since she was a doctor pretended like she had the diagnosis.

Anyways, Maddy goes to meet Olly and the end.

FINAL VERDICT: Ok teen film, but the mother is truly awful in the end. I'd only recommend it for teens.

Im my opinion it's obvious she gets out of the house-pls read till the end

[richardpearl · 7 August 2017]

I titled it this as i don't want to get banned for not revealing its a spoiler even though it's obvious she's going to get out. Let me start by saying i've never, as far as I can tell, even heard of a film dealing with this issue. I saw the trailer and didn't even watch the end before i wanted to watch it.It was so well done too. The boy from next door, the way the film shows how they interacted with each other, which is so well done,I loved it. I could go on but the whole reason , i wrote this review is because of the end. I won't spoil the end. A big problem for me watching films is I always know the end and it makes it less good when the inevitable happens.I can honestly say this is a film ending I never saw coming in a million years. I won't give away the end. What i will say, as the title suggests, it's obvious she was going to get out of the house. What infuriated me was of all the possibilities they could have chose, they went with the worst. It really angered me and ruined the film for me. I was genuinely going to buy it till I saw the end.

Predictable but enjoyable

[monstermayhem32 · 7/10 · 29 May 2017]

I will say when it comes to the genre of young adult love stories, they tend to be rather predictable with the boy and girl meeting and falling in love. The tradition continues but offers a somewhat different take in which the girl maddie is diagnosed with a immune disease that prevents her from going outside and lives Ina sterilized environment, the boy Ollie is the emo kid dressed in black who deals with an abusive father, the two meet and instantly fall in love.

Unfinished movie

[lets-travel · 3/10 · 24 June 2017]

"Everything everything" is probably one of the cheesiest movie I've ever seen. Let me explain. I get it, it's a teenager movie. Nothing wrong with that, except for me it doesn't send the right message. It's simply a polished version of reality. Sure I'll grant that there's been a little bit of thought put into the plot (arguable) but the dialogues, the characters, the music ... no depth. I'm usually not that harsh on movies but this one I have to say is just a scam. The whole purpose of a romantic drama is to make the audience feel something. The non existent depth I was talking about earlier is therefore essential to that type of movie. "Everything everything" could be compared to an unfinished canvas, we've got the main colors, we've got the shapes, we've got a few brushstrokes but a lot of elements are missing. I work on the assumption that what makes a good movie is the unpredictable, that small instant when you say to yourself "didn't see that coming !". Well, I'm sorry to say that that movie is quite the opposite of a good movie. No suspense whatsoever. Everything is predictable. Everything.

"Love is worth everything. Everything."

[krystalcolon-47169 · 9/10 · 19 May 2017]

Life is Short

short review by Krystal

Everything Everything

non-spoiler alert: This movie is absolutely beautiful. I couldn't stop smiling during the entire movie. Amandla and Nick did an amazing job portraying Maddy and Olly. The movie is very faithful to the book (something that I appreciate a lot) The soundtrack is perfect for the story. And I can't wait to watch it again.

Not a whole lot of anything

[ReganRebecca · 6/10 · 18 May 2017]

There is a cottage industry of teen romance films where a character is dying (see: A Walk to Remember, A Fault in their Stars etc). Everything, Everything neatly fits in that category. It's about a young girl, recently turned 18 Maddy Whittier. She's completely housebound as she has a rare disorder that means her immune system is extremely weak and almost everything in the outside world could potentially kill her. Her mother tries to make sure she's well socialized by enrolling her in online classes and support groups but basically the only human contact she has is with her nurse and her nurse's daughter who is roughly the same age as Maddy.

Shortly after her birthday a new neighbour, Olly, moves in. They begin a flirtation through their bedroom windows and through the magic of technology and texting they are able to build up a friendship before meeting in person for real. But being around Olly makes Maddy crave more of the outside world and it isn't long before she's willing to risk her everything to see everything else in the world.

The film has come under controversy for a last minute convenient twist which I won't spoil here, but my big problem with the movie is that it feels as antiseptic and as passionless as Maddy's pristine home. Maddy must be sensory deprived from years of barely seeing anyone but that's barely touched, Olly comes from an abusive family but that's barely talked about as well. The third act twist had a lot of potential but barely goes anywhere. Everything in the movie is just neat and convenient as if we're just marking off plot points until the inevitable happy ending. The other actors do what they can but they're not given much to chew on either.

A decent enough movie but if you're looking for any kind of depth you should go somewhere else.

Incredibly boring

[daisyball-68698 · 5/10 · 7 June 2020]

So, I can watch this film if I really wanted to, it's not that awful. My girlfriend likes this kinda stuff so I decided to watch it with her as she's seen it before and says it's great. However, the main characters are boring, my feelings during watching this is that I really couldn't care what happens to them both, they could get together or not, it wouldn't bother me. The fact that I have no emotion or attachment to the characters makes me dislike this film. The book apparently is much better but this doesn't make me want to read it. With other romances that are good, the couple belong together, but in this, it just doesn't make sense, they don't seem to fit together just right. Also, the mother of the girl is deranged, she has no understanding of the daughter's emotions whatsoever by the looks of it and yet they get along perfectly fine as a happy family. The girl also has many issues in her past, yet she doesn't seem broken at all by this. Wouldn't recommend, a boring watch.

A Beautiful Young Interracial Love story with a Twist

[KATO-SUBZERO · 9/10 · 21 May 2017]

21 May 2017: I have been a fan of talented young Biracial actress, Amandla Stenberg since seeing her in the film "Colombiana" 2011 and then I met her with her mother in June 2014 at the Mixed race Multiracial festival in Los Angeles. She is very nice and charming.

I see and support All Interracial Love stories between men and women such as "The Lovings", "Something New", "Guess Who", "Zebra Head" and my all time favorite, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" 1967.

Anyhoo, "Everything~Everything" is a beautiful young Interracial Love story, a film for all ages from teens to seniors. At first is was sad that a young girl whose whole adult life is locked inside of her home believing that if she steps outside in the real world, she could die. A note to point out is that I like the fact that Maddie's parents in the family photo is also exactly like Amandla's real life parents. Prior to seeing the family photo, I assumed that she was just playing a young African American girl, but not Biracial.

Then comes in her young prince charming actor, Nick Robinson as Olly who lives in the home across from her. The slow contact between them build to what we are all hoping for is that they will get to at some point actually see each other face to face and thanks to Mexican telenovela {soap opera} actress, Ana de Reguera that I watched in the Mexican soap opera "Gitanas" 2004, the young lovers finally meet face to face much to the chagrin anger of Maddie's mother when she finds out.

After e-mailing, texting and meeting in their windows, Ana as Carla finally lets Olly inside to meet Maddie. There is an instant sweet innocent attraction between the two of them (sort of like Brooke Shield first encounter in the film "Blue Lagoon" many years ago.

Knowing that she could die anytime, I like that she realizes that being locked up in a prison of her home is Not really living at all and she is willing to risk it all for the chance to go outside with Olly and take the risk of going as far as Hawaii, knowing that her mother who loves her and only has her best interest at heart, but what later appears to have been a lie to keep her daughter locked inside for fear of losing her.

Maddie risk it all to experience Love of life and her first true love experience. In the words of Andy Dufrasne "Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying." Maddie gets busy living. I love when he tells her that he loves her, but her reply to him sort of reminds me of the words on Holy Bible, "God loved us before we were formed in our mothers womb." She says, I loved you before I knew you. That is really beautiful. The love scene in Hawaii is beautiful, tastefully done and does not seem forced. In fact, she is the more aggressive person between them.

We, the audience knew that at some point a big scare has to happen to find out if she would live or die and that happens to her while she is in Hawaii. Thanks to the nurse in Hawaii finally making young Maddie realize that she does Not have a rare illness at all, but her mom has been lying to her to keep her locked inside out of fear of losing her only because of a allergy or something that she has, but not a rare illness that will kill her.

We also find out that Maddie makes Olly happy not only because he loves her, but also it give him a chance to escape his abusive father who beats him and his mother, but that is Not really shown much here. Only one exterior scene show a physical confrontation between Olly and dad.

I liked a lot of things about this film. 1. A good film that never mentions the racial differences between the two. Just two people falling in love. True Love sees No skin color and that is the way it should be. 2. When we finally see the love scene with them in Hawaii, it is very nice and tastefully done, no degrading women with upper body or lower body nudity. 3. No profanity. 4. No violence on women or anyone. On a scale of 1-10, I give it a 9 and two thumbs up.

Mediocre and highly predictable movie without anything original to offer

[851222 · 6/10 · 8 August 2017]

Greetings from Lithuania.

"Everything, Everything" (2017) is not a bad movie, but it was so average, mediocre and predictable that i couldn't recommend to watch it. While the premise does sound kinda fresh, at the end there isn't anything fresh in this movie.

The worst thing here are three main factors - poorly mediocre directing (no suspense, although pacing was not bad), script and casting. The story is told without any excitement nor originality. While acting by two lead unknown (at least for me) actors wasn't bad, there is ZERO chemistry between them - they just said the lines they were asked in a way they learned at their acting schools.

Overall, even the twist at the end of "Everything, Everything" can not save this movie from being mediocre at its best. And about that twist (which i predicted from the first second i heard the premise) - it was shown without any "wow" factor, as the whole movie itself. There is anything you will miss if you skip this flick, yet if you catch it on TV on some boring evening, you might check it out for one time. On a VERY boring evening.

Yawn-fest

[natswim · 2/10 · 20 August 2017]

The way this movie was done makes it SO boring! For a book where most of it takes place in one location, there really has to be something that makes the story interesting. In the movie, because of the poor acting, there is nothing that distracts from the fact that pretty much the whole thing takes place in the main character's house.

And let's be honest: Maddy should have been shown a bit before seeing Olly. How else do viewers get to see how miserable her life is/ how hard it is always being inside? I feel like that definitely should have been shown more. Instead, we get weird 'artsy' scenes with astronauts that are somehow supposed to make the scenes where they are texting more interesting.

So many scenes seemed stretched out and too long. It was sappy and extremely cheesy. I wanted to go see this, since I had read the book, but was honestly almost falling asleep trying to watch until the end.

Pretty much exactly what I expected it to be.

[Hellmant · 6/10 · 13 September 2017]

'EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING': Three Stars (Out of Five)

A youth romantic drama, based on the 2015 young-adult novel (of the same name) by Nicola Yoon. It tells the story of an 18-year-old girl with SCID (an immune-deficiency disease that confines her to her home) who falls for a young man (the same age) that moves into the house next door to her. The movie stars Amandla Stenbergand (Rue from 'THE HUNGER GAMES') and Nick Robinson. It was a modest hit at the Box Office, but it's also only gotten mixed (mediocre) reviews from critics. I found it to be pretty much exactly what I expected it to be, from a Hollywood film based on a popular YA novel.

Maddy (Stenbergand) is 18-years-old, and she's been the victim of an immune-deficiency disease all of her life (called SCID). The disease prevents Maddy from ever leaving her house, and interacting with other people. Her mother, Pauline (Anika Noni Rose), keeps her confined to their house, where she takes care of Maddy with the help of a nurse named Carla (Ana de la Reguera). These are the only people Maddy knows (in addition to Carla's daughter). Then a young man named Olly (Robinson) moves in next door, and Maddy's world is forever changed. Which is strongly against Pauline's wishes.

The movie is pretty standard teen drama material, and it's not surprising (at all to me) that it was adapted from a popular young adult novel. It's well made and acted, to a certain extent, and I think Stenbergand could be a talented actress to watch for (her role here isn't that demanding though). I wouldn't say the film is bad or good, and I think it should definitely please it's target audience. I also wasn't bored or uninvolved in it, I think the filmmakers accomplished what they set out to do.

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