This movie seemed like one thing but then went in a totally different direction. Maddy is an 18 year old that has no immune system and has lived in a bubble her whole life. Her mom is a doctor and has been caring for her since her husband and other child died. Olly moves next door and Maddy is infactuated. They start texting and calling and soon maddy talks her nurse into letting him come over against her mom's wishes. Olly and Maddy grow closer and one day Maddy runs outside when Olly is in trouble. So Maddy's mom has a cow and says the friendship must stop. Maddy agrees at first but then the wanting to live takes over and she takes a trip with Olly to Hawaii. There she gets sick and mom comes to the rescue.
Olly moves to New York and a few weeks later Maddy gets a call from the doctor in Hawaii and learns she doesn't have SCID. She just got sick because she has never been exposed to anything. She confronts her mom and wants to see papers where it says she was diagnosed with it. Her mom doesn't have any . Basically her mom made up the diagnosis to keep her in the house because of the car wreck that took her husband and son.
How awful. I was not expecting this. The mom is lucky Maddy would even talk to her in the next 10 years. But it seems like Maddy understands. She must be the most forgiving person ever. Her mom kept her in a bubble for her own selfish reasons and since she was a doctor pretended like she had the diagnosis.
Anyways, Maddy goes to meet Olly and the end.
FINAL VERDICT: Ok teen film, but the mother is truly awful in the end. I'd only recommend it for teens.
Olly moves to New York and a few weeks later Maddy gets a call from the doctor in Hawaii and learns she doesn't have SCID. She just got sick because she has never been exposed to anything. She confronts her mom and wants to see papers where it says she was diagnosed with it. Her mom doesn't have any . Basically her mom made up the diagnosis to keep her in the house because of the car wreck that took her husband and son.
How awful. I was not expecting this. The mom is lucky Maddy would even talk to her in the next 10 years. But it seems like Maddy understands. She must be the most forgiving person ever. Her mom kept her in a bubble for her own selfish reasons and since she was a doctor pretended like she had the diagnosis.
Anyways, Maddy goes to meet Olly and the end.
FINAL VERDICT: Ok teen film, but the mother is truly awful in the end. I'd only recommend it for teens.