![]() ![]() ![]() Alongside Hoff and Young are Sarah Jones as Sadie, Henry’s older sister, Coral Peña as Cora, La’s romantic interest, Bruce Altman as Henry’s father Toby and Meg Gibson as Henry’s mother Gloria. Hoff as Muz, Henry’s two best friends whom he describes as “a trio of unclassifiable misfits”. Other cast members include Kara Young as La and C.J. ![]() He no longer is the awkward teenager we see at the start of the film. His character’s emotions rarely fluctuate, so we don’t get a chance to see any dramatic progression until towards the end when he finally has his moment to be open and free. The same can’t be said, unfortunately, for Abrams as Henry. Her flexibility as an actress to go from dramatic and vulnerable to laid back and open is impressive. She is captivating and draws your attention immediately as the not quite so ‘damsel in distress’ (after Henry learns of the car crash she was in leaving her mentally and physically scarred). Reinhart’s execution of Grace is brilliant. They pull you into their world, into their story and you don’t want to leave until that story has been told. The feeling you get when you meet Henry and Grace for the first time makes you want to answer the questions ‘who are they?’ and ‘what’s their story?’. It’s filled with heartbreaking secrets and a rollercoaster of emotions. Yet this isn’t your typical ‘boy-meets-girl’ kind of film. Why is that? Instantly, they have a connection and it soon becomes intriguing to watch. He’s a writer but can’t talk, yet she can talk but can no longer write. They are automatically drawn to each other with their love and passion for literature, poetry and the language of romance. One day he meets transfer student Grace Town, and from the get go, you know she has a story to tell, with her quietness and the resilience she has for keeping personal information just that – personal. However, he believes he is a hopeless romantic even though he’s never actually been in love before. His life seems ‘normal’, mundane and simple. The film sees Lili Reinhart ( Riverdale and Hustlers ) as Grace Town and Austin Abrams ( The Walking Dead, Paper Towns and Euphoria ) as Henry Page, with Reinhart also serving as an executive producer alongside Sutherland and Jamin O’Brien.Ĭhemical Hearts is a story about Henry Page, a 17-year-old high school student who has his eye on becoming the next Editor-in chief of his school newspaper. Krystal Sutherland’s brilliant debut is equal parts wit and heartbreak, a potent reminder of the bittersweet bliss that is first love.Written and directed by Richard Tanne, Chemical Hearts is based on the book Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland. And yet, this isn’t your average story of boy meets girl. It’s obvious there’s something broken about Grace, but it seems to make her even more beautiful to Henry, and he wants nothing more than to help her put the pieces back together again. But when Grace and Henry are both chosen to edit the school paper, he quickly finds himself falling for her. Grace isn’t who Henry pictured as his dream girl-she walks with a cane, wears oversized boys’ clothes, and rarely seems to shower. Then Grace Town walks into his first period class on the third Tuesday of senior year and he knows everything’s about to change. Instead, he’s been happy to focus on his grades, on getting into a semi-decent college and finally becoming editor of his school newspaper. He fancies himself a hopeless romantic, but the slo-mo, heart palpitating, can’t-eat-can’t-sleep kind of love that he’s been hoping for just hasn’t been in the cards for him-at least not yet. John Green meets Rainbow Rowell in this irresistible story of first love, broken hearts, and the golden seams that put them back together again. ![]()
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