Adapted from the novel of the same title written by Nicola Yoon, Everything Everything tells the story of Maddy, a young girl condemned to live locked in an apartment specially designed for her.
When Olly meets Maddy
Suffering from acute combined immunodeficiency syndrome, commonly known as bubble child disease, the slightest contact with the outside world could be fatal. Today, it is a disease that cannot be cured definitively but scientific research is still ongoing.
The danger of germs is a constant reminder of one's disease since the mere act of touching a person carries a deadly risk. Indeed, Maddy is confined to her space whose air is constantly filtered.
One day, a young teenager moves into the house next door with his family. The first emotions crystallize. Maddy and Olly communicate remotely.It is then that the premises of love appear…
Nick Robinson approaches the character of Olly with great simplicity. He goes through the difficulties that any teenager can encounter in the context of social, sentimental and family relationships. While Amandla Stenberg who plays the role of Maddy, is refreshing on screen. She manages to release a certain candor that does not tip into stupidity. She demonstrates this when she faces the storm of the trial that awaits her.
It is a romance with rosewater imbued with romanticism and candor. It is a bubble of love that bursts in our face to the point of disgusting some while others will rejoice in the sweetness of these feelings. Maddy is a princess locked in a gilded cage who meets a prince constantly dressed in black who has chosen to listen to her heart.
Witnessing a budding love story makes us sensitive to the evolution of these two personalities. How could the meeting of these two beings take place given the circumstances?
…Everything is possible!
We can notice the bright touch of the director, Stella Meghie. Given her experience in the fashion industry, she imbues the film with a crazy synergy of colors. The visual aesthetics contribute to making the story enchanting. An outrageously honeyed romance that follows the evolution of our current society through digital technology and high-tech equipment. That said, human relationships always focus on the same issues, trust, forgiveness, resilience, surpassing oneself, love and freedom as determined by the entry of these two teenagers into the adult world. While one has to deal with family brutality, the other gets to know and assert himself.
It is also interesting to observe the journey of love in illness, the psychological difficulties of the patient and the person who supports him. The accompanying person suffers as much from the situation as he consciously chooses unlike the patient since he remains at his side. We can only regret that the subject has only been touched upon.
Of a completely different genre from Love Story released in 1970, given the meekness that emerges, Everything Everything appears relatively linear. Free from a tragic end, the film offers us a "happy ending" whose outcome will be strewn with pitfalls.
Released on June 21, 2017, if you want a dose of love before you sneak in this summer, I invite you to let yourself be carried away by the romantic story of Maddy and Olly.
