Everything,
Everything (2017/Warner Blu-ray w/DVD)
Picture:
A/B- Sound: B+/C+ Extras: C Film: B+
For
17 years, Maddy (Amandla Stenberg) has lived inside a house with her
air, light and water all filtered. Diagnosed with severe combined
immunodeficiency (SCID) she is unable to live in the outside world,
to go outside would mean the death of her. Her only window to the
outside world are books and pictures and the internet... that is
until a new neighbor moves in next door, a cute boy named Olly (Nick
Robinson). For the first time, Maddy desires to go outside ...and is
willing to risk it all for love in Stella Meghie's Everything,
Everything (2017).
Maddy
has literally lived in a bubble all this time, dreaming of the
outside world, wondering what it is to feel a breeze, walk on sand,
touch the ocean waves or feel the warmth of another person. However,
she can not survive in the outside world, the slightest germ or
disease could mean the death of her. When she meets Olly, she falls
hard for him and together the start a secret friendship. Soon, they
want more than just to see each other or text one another, they are
willing to take the risk for Maddy to step outside ...to risk
everything so they may be together.
This
was a feel good romantic movie, it raises the moral question would
you rather live a single day with someone you love (and then die), or
spend a lifetime without ever being able to touch or be with them?
You can read, study and look at things in a book, but it will never
be the same as if you experience it. Life needs to be lived and
experienced, because without experiences ...life would have
absolutely no meaning.
Of
course, this will sound like The Boy In The Plastic Bubble
with John Travolta, one of the most successful TV movies for all time
and its a fair comparison, but its not a remake. Anika Noni Rose and
Taylor Hickson lead the supporting cast.
The
1080p 1.78 X 1 digital High Definition image transfer is an all
digital shoot on the Blu-ray and looks as good as it possibly can in
the format, clear, consistent and impressive, leaving the
anamorphically enhanced DVD image version struggling to compete. The
DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) 5.1 lossless mix on the Blu-ray is not bad
for a dialogue-driven drama, well recorded overall. The lossy Dolby
Digital 5.1 mix is much weaker on the DVD, but passable. Extras
include Trapped in Love:
The Story of Everything, Everything,
deleted scenes and trailers. A nice softcover novel of the film is
also sold separately.
-
Ricky Chiang
