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BradWesley123's Movie Journal- June 2019 (39 movies items)

" DVD- 1hr. 56min. First Viewing Five Feet Apart is a movie you've seen before; the good girl, who's motivated and plays by the rules, meets the bad boy, who's snarky and doesn't care about order, and they fall in love. While there's a bit of variation here (the bad boy isn't actually bad, he's just a bit of an ass at the start), that's the template. With that in mind, Apart is surprisingly solid. The script is as hokey and maudlin as any other film in the genre, but the direction doesn't let the"

“Romantic dramas involving terminal illness were popularised again with the 2014 box office hit The Fault in Our Stars, an adaptation of the popular yo”

A sincere and mostly effective romantic drama

“Romantic dramas involving terminal illness were popularised again with the 2014 box office hit The Fault in Our Stars, an adaptation of the popular young adult novel of the same name. 2019's Five Feet Apart ditches cancer in favour of cystic fibrosis, with screenwriters Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis using the opportunity to educate mainstream film-goers about the intense difficulties of this debilitating, life-threatening disorder. The feature-length directorial debut for veteran TV actor Justin Baldoni, Five Feet Apart actually works for the most part despite the story's been-there-done-that disposition; it is easy to become invested in this vividly drawn world, and care about the central relationship. Unfortunately, the movie is handicapped by a third act which devolves into exaspera” read more

Movies Viewed in 2019 (200 movies items)

" First Viewing Viewing Date: July 18th Via: Blu-ray Plot: A pair of teenagers with cystic fibrosis meet in a hospital and fall in love, though their disease means they must avoid close physical contact. Rating: 6.6/10 You can read my review here"