I was a bit confused by the release date, as I think it was pushed back from June to August, and the film wasn't being shown in many cinemas. However, we opted for this over Dunkirk (opinions? Did we make a bad choice missing that?) as we were more in the mood for a romantic drama than a war film! Like little kids, we stocked up on CandyKing and took our seats.
I wasn't really sure what to expect from this film, considering it was such a short book. It didn't really strike me as the type to make for an action-packed film. I won't bother with a 'brief summary' as there's one in my book review post, and the film stuck fairly accurately to the story.Actually, despite being a low-action film, they had in fact added to the plot to bulk it up a bit! It was interesting to chat to my friend about it afterwards, as the book was still fairly fresh for me, whereas she had never read it.
I thought the acting was really good, I particularly liked Amandla Stenberg as Maddie and Nick Robinson as Olly.
I felt as though the story portrayed very truthfully the awkwardness of growing up and painted an accurate image of 'coming of age', however my friend felt the plot was a bit far-fetched, as she prefers to be able to believe that the events would happen in real life, and to be honest I didn't totally disagree with her. I certainly noticed a kind of 'airbrushed' effect throughout the film, whereby every scene looked like it had been filtered! I'm not sure if this was deliberate, due to the insanely clean life Maddie must live or the dream-like quality of the events that occur, but it was a bit odd and made it hard to feel fully immersed in the lives of the characters.
Overall, I thought the film was a good reflection of the book and a nice film for a Sunday late-evening with my bestie, but possibly wouldn't make my list of favourite films.
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