The revelation of a sick and twisted mother did not emerge organically out of the character of Dr. Pauline Whittier was suffering from such emotional pain and narcissism that she turned into a super control freak with regard to her daughter's life. It turns out that the mother, a medical doctor who has sworn the Hippocratic oath, has lied to her daughter about the SCID the kid was fine all along! Having lost her husband and her baby boy, Dr. SPOILER FOLLOWS: But nothing can prepare the viewer for the major revelation that occurs late in the film. Any sensitive filmmgoer had to cringe when Maddy boarded the germ-y airplane, not to mention bedding down with Olly. Given this background, it was a stretch to believe that the two young people would take off for Hawaii together. She is unable even to go outside, let alone have personal contact with others, due to her weak immune system. The youngsters faced the insurmountable conflict of family dysfunction, but also the grim realities of Maddy living in an antiseptic bubble, due to her condition of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). The two young actors were winsome in their performances of the star-crossed lovers, Maddy Whittier and Olly Bright. As it turned out, the scripting was so bad that the film ended somewhere in the middle between these polarities. At the start of "Everything, Everything," it was clear that the film would be either (a) a Romeo & Juliet-style tearjerker or (b) a wish-fulfillment fantasy.
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