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Five Feet Apart

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Five Feet Apart

PG-13

Released Mar 15, 2019

1h 56m

Romance

Drama

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Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control -- all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness. There's an instant flirtation, though restrictions dictate that they must maintain a safe distance between them. As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the window and embrace that attraction.

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Critics Consensus

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.

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Clarisse Loughrey

Independent (UK)

There's a sincerity here that undoes many of its excesses, thanks largely to the grounded chemistry of its leads.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 10, 2020

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

There's a million books like this and a million movies like this, where people are beautiful -- but they're sick!

Sep 23, 2019

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

The plot is believable - right up to the heart-in-the-mouth turns near the end - and the dialogue sounds real. That is a good start in any movie, but in this case it powers on from there because of the A-grade performances of the two young leads.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 5, 2019

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

There’s some quality production design, and the occasional amiable scene. But as a whole, the movie is dull and saccharine, despite the efforts of its magnetic lead actors.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 14, 2024

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

But that ending. It doesn’t quite kill the good that comes before it, but it comes mighty close.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 20, 2022

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

Five Feet Apart suffers from the same clichés as most of the decade’s YA romantic dramas while having to stomach the manipulation of trivializing an illness that can be terminal.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 18, 2022

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Niconas L

A beautiful romance. I genuinely loved and hated this movie. But it's how reality is. How strong love is but how quickly you can lose the ones you love.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/21/25

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Chloe M

based on the book Three Feet Distance, written by Travis Flores, and stolen by Justin Baldoni. Until Travis gets credit, nobody should watch this movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/05/25

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Sumiko V

La relación de los muchachos es predecible, pero conforme van teniendo situaciones en su vida muestran reacciones humanas lo que te hace conectar con los personajes y entender sus motivaciones al vivir con esa enfermedad. Es un drama romántico con sus momentos divertidos sin caer en comedia.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/20/25

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K s

Loved every bit of it. Made me appreciate life and my loved ones even more.. ♥️

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/25

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Angel fernando L

Sinceramente esto para algunos puede ser una película común de dos adolescentes enamorados donde una enfermedad les impide estar cerca, pero para mí no es sólo una película para mi es algo hermoso que transmite una emoción muy fuerte y por qué igual su calidad es decente su actuación es 10/10, "A dos metros de Ti" no es sólo una película, es nuestra película.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/25

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Alain E

Yes, it is sappy and if they had controlled the saccharine element it would have been a more successful movie. The heroine, the nurse Barb and Dr Hamid deliver very strong performances. I have some reservations about Will that looks to me too much like a pretty boy, but I have to admit that I am not, nor have ever been an adolescent girl. Overall, a story about teens afflicted with a life threatening condition inescapably invites melodrama and then the function of the filmmaker is to keep things under control. Some elements of the story and some songs of the soundtrack were a little too much.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/25

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Justin Baldoni

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Stella

Cole Sprouse

Will

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Kimberly Hebert Gregory

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Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control -- all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness. There's an instant flirtation, though restrictions dictate that they must maintain a safe distance between them. As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the window and embrace that attraction.

Director: Justin Baldoni
Producer: Cathy Schulman, Justin Baldoni
Screenwriter: Mikki Daughtry, Tobias Iaconis
Distributor: CBS Films, Lionsgate Films
Production Co: CBS Films, Wayfarer Studios, Welle Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Suggestive Material|Language|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 15, 2019, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 24, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $45.7M
Runtime: 1h 56m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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