Both de la Reguera and Rose portray that tension well. The two women in Maddy's life in many ways represent the duality of motherhood - the desire to open your child up to new experiences (Carla) and the desire to shelter her from harm (Dr. And although many younger viewers may be drawn to Everything, Everything by the promise of romance, it's a lovely mother-daughter selection as well. Best known as Rue from T he Hunger Games, Stenberg is an ideal choice for Maddy: Like the book's main character, she's mixed-race (although in the book, Maddy is half-Asian, not half-white), and she exudes the fragility and curiosity of someone with a bright mind and imagination who must use books, movies, and the internet to expand her limited physical horizons. Robinson and Stenberg are both talented young actors, and it's nice to see an on-screen relationship develop via communication rather than just attraction. Show moreĬharming and well-acted, this sweet, refreshingly diverse love story is a great example of why Hollywood should pay more attention to realistic YA instead of trying to find the next dystopian hit. Maddy must decide whether to risk everything - even her health - to be with Olly and find out what her immune system can handle.

But when Maddy takes a risk to see Olly, her mother forbids her to be with him again. One day, Carla notices that Maddy is clearly in love, so she arranges a face-to-face meeting with Olly - as long as they promise not to touch. Olly and Maddy start texting all the time, and he sometimes even jumps up to her window sill to be close to her. But everything changes when a new family moves in next door and their teenage son, Olly Bright ( Nick Robinson), smiles up at Maddy, who's watching from her window. Hermosillo) and Maddy's strict physician mother, Dr. Since Maddy isn't allowed leave home, her only companions are her private nurse, Carla ( Ana de la Reguera) Carla's teen daughter, Rosa (Danube R. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weeklyīased on author Nicola Yoon's bestselling YA novel, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING follows Madeline Whittier ( Amandla Stenberg), a soon-to-be 18-year-old who's living with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), which forces her to stay in a tightly controlled, germ-free environment. Especially for middle or high schoolers who read the book, this is a poignant, romantic film with strong messages about the power of love and the need to live your life, as well as the importance of courage and communication. There's a love scene that also occurs in the book, but it's kept age-appropriate by fading away after a brief scene of undressing and kissing on a bed only bare shoulders and a glimpse of back are seen. Starring Amandla Stenberg and Nick Robinson, the adaptation is fairly true to the book, with just a smattering of language ('s-t') and scariness/violence (Maddy gets sick and must be rushed to the hospital, and Olly's father hits him). Parents need to know that Everything, Everything is a Fault in Our Stars-esque romantic drama based on Nicola Yoon's best-selling YA novel about Maddy Whittier, a teenage girl with a severe auto-immune disorder who falls in love with her new neighbor, Olly Bright.

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