Five Feet Apart Review

Five Feet Apart is a really good romance film with great performances. This movie is about Stella, a cystic fibrosis patient who spends her life living a routine in a hospital until she meets Will, a charming boy with the same illness. Haley Lu Richardson gives a fantastic performance. She makes you care about her character immediately and nails every emotional beat. Cole Sprouse gives a great performance. His character is more layered than it initially seems and has incredible chemistry with Richardson. Moises Arias gives a really good performance. It took me a bit to warm up to his character, but I ended up genuinely caring about him in the end. Kimberly Herbert Gregory gives a strong performance in her supporting role. She provides a couple of key moments of comedic relief but also nails her emotional scenes. Justin Baldoni did a good, albeit, unspectacular job directing. The script is great but does succumb to some annoying clichés in its third act. The romance is believable and despite being emotional I never found it overly manipulative. At 116 minutes this is a slower paced movie but it is never boring. It takes its time letting our characters meet and fall in love naturally. Overall, Five Feet Apart is a good romance film with fantastic acting despite its flaws.
7.5/10