
Five Feet Apart (2019)
When life keeps you apart, fight for every inch.
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Five Feet Apart rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
With 52% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.2/10 on IMDb and 53/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Five Feet Apart
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.
Cast of Five Feet Apart

Haley Lu Richardson
as Stella Grant

Cole Sprouse
as Will Newman

Moisés Arias
as Poe Ramírez

Kimberly Hébert Gregory
as Barbara

Parminder Nagra
as Dr. Noor Hamid

Claire Forlani
as Meredith Newman

Cynthia Evans
as Erin Grant

Gary Weeks
as Tom Grant

Sophia Bernard
as Abby Grant

Emily Baldoni
as Julie

Rebecca Chulew
as Doctor

Sue-Lynn Ansari
as Nurse
Five Feet Apart facts
- Budget
- $7M
- Box office
- $92.6M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Compelling forbidden romance with emotional depth and forbidden yearning
- •Strong dramatic tension built from health constraints and proximity rules
- •TMDB's higher score suggests resonant emotional storytelling for audiences
What the audience disliked
- •Critical consensus lower than audience scores indicates manipulative tone
- •Romance narrative may feel melodramatic or overly contrived at times
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