Laura's Review: C+. Reportedly based on the true story that was the inspiration for “The Fault In Our Stars,” writers Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis, whose script has since been novelized, have dialed that film’s drama up to an ear splitting level, their climax completely untethering from reality. This is a teen ten hanky weepie, which Plenty of people have hard lives and plenty of amazing art has been created because of it. Take a few steps back and see it for what it is: A Hollywood movie that tells a romantic story about two people dealing with things that gets in between their relationship. In this specific movie this obstacle turns out to be CF. Violence in Five Feet Apart. There is no violence in Five Feet Apart. Is Five Feet Apart Appropriate for Teens? There is language in the movie and talk about sex, but with these types of story lines I recommend talking to your teens about them. My daughter said, “Teens will like this movie if they enjoy a good romantic story. While the setting is slightly altered, the isolation that comes with it is very much the same. Pair the romance of Thorne and Schwarzenegger and this story checks all the boxes of a tragic romantic drama. If you enjoyed Five Feet Apart‘s characters, themes, tone, style, or atmosphere then you might like Midnight Sun. True Crime; Trade; Posted Newsletter Share this Story : Five Feet Apart is the latest and weakest Most of these are based on existing novels. Five Feet Apart is by first-time screenwriters Five Feet Apart based on the YA (Young Adult) novel by Rachael Lippincot tells the story of two love-struck teenagers Stella (Hayley Lu Richardson, Support The Girls) and Will (Cole Sprouse, Riverdale), who are diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. The film focuses on Stella Grant (Richardson) who is every bit a seventeen Another issue with “Five Feet Apart” are the scenes. Although the movie is somewhat based on a true story, that does not save it from being clich e d. Its entire premise is still two young teens trying to overcome their impossible love, a plot seen regularly since the days of Shakespeare. There’s a sequence, late in the film, where two characters have left the safe confines of the hospital and are walking together through a snowy park. The trouble is this is the worst looking fake snow I have ever seen. It doesn’t look like snow, it doesn’t act like snow. It more resembles a pale grey sand than it does frozen water The plot of the film (which is loosely based on the lives of several artists: The Dells, The Temptations, Four Tops, Wilson Pickett, James Brown, Frankie Lymon, Sam Cooke and others) follows the three decade career of the rhythm and blues vocal group The Five Heartbeats. To promote the film prior to its release, Townsend, The actors and the crew clearly tried to make the film as accurate as possible, but profiting off of an emotional medical problem was no doubt a motive for the film. Regardless, “Five Feet Apart” is a must-see heartbreaker that shares a real message about love and sacrifice, despite the interpretive resolution and controversial romantic 0BtbxoI.