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Five Feet Apart
A boy standing facing a girl
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJustin Baldoni
Screenplay by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyFrank G. DeMarco
Edited byAngela M. Catanzaro
Music by
Production
companies
  • CBS Films
  • Welle Entertainment
  • Wayfarer Entertainment
Distributed by
Release date
  • March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)
Running time
116 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7 million[2]
Box office$80.1 million[3]

Five Feet Apart is a 2019 American romantic drama film directed by Justin Baldoni and written by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis. The film was inspired by the real life parallels between couple Dalton and Katie Prager's matching cystic fibrosis diagnoses and cancer patients in the bestselling novel The Fault in Our Stars[4]. Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse play two young patients with cystic fibrosis, who try to have a relationship despite always being forced to stay a certain distance away from each other. It was released in the United States on March 15, 2019, by CBS Films. The film received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed over $80 million worldwide.

Plot

Stella Grant is a cystic fibrosis patient who actively uses social media to cope with her illness and tries to live a normal life. She meets another CF patient, Will Newman, who is at the hospital for a medication trial, in an attempt to get rid of the bacterial infection (B. cepacia) he has in his lungs.

CF patients are strictly kept six feet apart to reduce the risk of cross-infection, as contracting bacterial infections from other CF patients can be dangerous, even life-threatening. Stella is determined to follow the rules, and initially dislikes Will, who likes to break the rules and take dangerous risks sometimes. Stella notices that Will isn't strictly following his treatment regimen and eventually manages get him to agree to.

Will and Stella begin to fall for each other and secretly go on their first date, eventually ending up at the hospital pool, where they strip to reveal scars from their past surgeries. The next day, Stella creates a scavenger hunt for Will's birthday, which catches him by surprise. It culminates with Will meeting up with Stella, who leads him to a room filled with all of their friends for a surprise dinner party, courtesy of Stella and Poe, Stella's best friend and a fellow CF patient.

Sometime thereafter, Poe dies and Stella laments that she never got to hug him. Heartbroken, Stella decides that she is living her life too strictly. She convinces Will to leave the hospital with her in order to view the lights from the city. As they walk, Stella suddenly grabs Will's hand, scaring Will however Stella justifies that she has gloves on. They come across a pond and slide around on the frozen surface. Meanwhile, the hospital is notified that a lung transplant is available for Stella, who ignores alerts about it in order to spend more time out with Will.

When Will discovers this, he pleads with Stella to take the transplant. Stella refuses, before falling through the ice. Will is able to pull her out of the water, but Stella is unresponsive. Despite the risk of infection, Will performs CPR and Stella wakes up. They are then brought back to the hospital by ambulance. Though hesitant at first, Stella agrees to do the transplant after Will convinces her to do it for him. The transplant is successful, and Will learns that Stella did not contract his infection.

When Stella wakes up from her surgery, she sees Will through the glass of her room. He has setup a display of lights outside of her room, saying that his only regret was that she did not get to see the lights so he brought them to her. He tells her that his drug trial isn't working, and he doesn't want her to have to deal with his eventual death. Confessing his love for her, Will makes her close her eyes, because he says he won't be able to leave if she is looking at him. Stella closes her eyes as Will walks away with evident sadness lingering over his features.

Cast

Production

In January 2017, Tobias Iaconis and Mikki Daughtry sold their untitled screenplay to CBS Films for Justin Baldoni to produce and direct.[5]

Baldoni first became involved with cystic fibrosis when he directed the documentary My Last Days. He met Youtuber Claire Wineland and subsequently hired her as a consultant for the film, before she died from complications of CF.[6]

In January 2018, Cole Sprouse was cast to star in the film, titled Five Feet Apart.[7][8] In April 2018, Haley Lu Richardson was also set to star, and Moisés Arias joined in a supporting role.[9][10] Principal production began on May 25, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana,[11][12] and concluded a month later, on June 26, 2018.[13]

The film's title refers to the "six foot rule", a guideline from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation which states that cystic fibrosis patients should be kept at least six feet (2 m) apart from each other, to lower the risk of cross-infection.[14]

A novelization of the same name by Rachael Lippincott was published in November 2018.[15]

Brian Tyler & Breton Vivian composed the score. The soundtrack is now released at Lakeshore Records

Release

The film was released on March 15, 2019, by CBS Films and Lionsgate.[16] The studio spent $12 million on promotion and advertisement.[17]

Reception

Box office

Five Feet Apart has grossed $45.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $34.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $80.1 million, against a production budget of $7 million.[3]

In the United States and Canada, Five Feet Apart was released alongside Captive State and Wonder Park, and was projected to gross $6–10 million from 2,600 theaters in its opening weekend.[18][2] The film made $5.4 million on its first day, including $715,000 from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $13.1 million, finishing third, behind Captain Marvel and Wonder Park.[17] The film fell 35% in its second weekend, grossing $8.5 million, and just 27% in its third to $6.3 million.[19][20]

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 55% based on 112 reviews, with an average rating of 5.69/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Elevated considerably by Haley Lu Richardson's performance but bogged down by clichés, Five Feet Apart doesn't tug at the heartstrings quite as deftly as it should."[21] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[22] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while filmgoers at PostTrak gave it 3+1⁄2 out of 5 stars.[17]

Andrew Barker of Variety praised the performance of Richardson, which he called "a star turn," though described the film as an "otherwise formulaic teen romance."[23] Katie Walsh of the Los Angeles Times acclaimed Richardson for the depth and range of her performance.[24] Caroline Siede of The A.V. Club commended the lead performances, but said "In the end... even Richardson and Sprouse can't fully overcome the clumsy mawkishness around them."[25]

Response from cystic fibrosis community

Responses from the cystic fibrosis community have been mixed. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation welcomed the opportunity to raise awareness about the struggle many patients experience with the disease,[26] while others found fault with the film's depiction of medically dangerous behavior.[27] Others voiced concern about a terminal illness being romanticized and trivialized as a Hollywood teen love plot device.[28]

The film was promoted using Instagram, where the studio paid influencers to post about hardships involving love and physical distance.[28] Many of the posts discussed family members who lived far away; the promotion was perceived as tone-deaf and trivializing a fatal disease.[29] After the ensuing backlash, the campaign was pulled and the studio apologized.[29]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b Rubin, Rebecca (March 13, 2019). "Box Office: 'Captain Marvel' Heads for Heroic Second Weekend". Variety. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Five Feet Apart (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  4. ^ Correspondent, Elizabeth Cohen, Senior Medical. "'Fault in Our Stars': Katie Prager dies". CNN. Retrieved 2019-06-08. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Busch, Anita (26 January 2017). "CBS Films Buys Untitled Justin Baldoni Pitch In Vein Of 'The Fault In Our Stars'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Five Feet Apart Paints Complicated Portrait of CF". CBS News. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  7. ^ Kit, Borys (30 January 2018). "'Riverdale' Star Cole Sprouse to Star in Romantic Drama 'Five Feet Apart' (Exclusive)". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  8. ^ McNary, Dave (30 January 2018). "'Riverdale' Star Cole Sprouse Joins Romance Drama 'Five Feet Apart'". Variety. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  9. ^ Vlessing, Etan (12 April 2018). "Moises Arias Joins Cole Sprouse in Romantic Drama 'Five Feet Apart'". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  10. ^ Hipes, Patrick (12 April 2018). "Haley Lu Richardson To Star With Cole Sprouse In 'Five Feet Apart'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  11. ^ Steves, Ashley (n.d.). "Now Casting: Child Actors Wanted to Portray Patients in 'Five Feet Apart' Starring Cole Sprouse + 3 More Gigs". Backstage. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  12. ^ Scott, Mike (25 April 2018). "Who's filming in Louisiana: From 'Captain Marvel' to a new 'Purge'". NOLA.com. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  13. ^ "FIVE FEET APART". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  14. ^ Epstein, Adam (November 5, 2018). "Cystic fibrosis advocates are worried about the upcoming film "Five Feet Apart"". Quartz. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  15. ^ "Rachael Lippincott '13 Publishes Five Feet Apart". George School. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  16. ^ McNary, Dave (May 31, 2018). "Film News Roundup: Haley Lu Richardson-Cole Sprouse's 'Five Feet Apart' Set for March Release". Variety. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  17. ^ a b c D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 17, 2019). "'Captain Marvel' Rises To Second Best 2nd Weekend In March With $69M+ – Sunday AM Update". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  18. ^ Faughnder, Ryan (March 13, 2019). "'Captain Marvel' is likely to crush 'Wonder Park' at the box office". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  19. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 24, 2019). "How Universal Drove Jordan Peele's 'Us' To $70M+ Opening, The Best Start For A Live-Action Original Since 'Avatar' – Update". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  20. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 31, 2019). "'Dumbo' Hovers Low With $46M+ But Hopes On Matinees; Matthew McConaughey Hits Bottom With $1.7M 'Beach Bum'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  21. ^ "Five Feet Apart (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved May 20, 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  22. ^ "Five Feet Apart Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  23. ^ Barker, Andrew; Barker, Andrew (14 March 2019). "Film Review: 'Five Feet Apart'".
  24. ^ Walsh, Katie. "Review: 'Five Feet Apart' elevates the sick teen genre with a poignant love story". latimes.com.
  25. ^ Siede, Caroline. "The maudlin Five Feet Apart anoints a new pair of winning young stars". Film.
  26. ^ "Five Feet Apart". Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. n.d. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  27. ^ Prahl, Amanda (March 4, 2019). "Five Feet Apart: The Science Behind the Serious Medical Condition in the New Film". PopSugar. Retrieved March 24, 2019 – via news.yahoo.com.
  28. ^ a b Smith, Erika W. (March 18, 2019). "Five Feet Apart: All The Controversies, Explained". Refinery29. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  29. ^ a b Wyant, Paige (March 12, 2019). "Influencers Delete 'Five Feet Apart' Ads After Backlash From Cystic Fibrosis Community". themighty.com. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
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