ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Elle Fanning (The Neon Demon), Justice Smith (Pokémon: Detective Pikachu), Alexandra Shipp (Love, Simon), Keegan-Michael Key (Dolemite Is My Name), Luke Wilson (The Goldfinch), Kelli O’Hara (The Dying Gaul), Felix Mallard (film debut), Virginia Gardner (Halloween), Lamar Johnson (The Hate U Give), Sofia Hasmik (Bad Samaritan)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Brett Haley (Hearts Beat Loud), director; Liz Hannah (The Post) and Jennifer Niven (film debut), writers; Elle Fanning (film debut), David S. Greathouse (Even Money), Brittany Kahan (film debut), Mitchell Kaplan (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society), Doug Mankoff (The Big Empty), Paula Mazur (Nim’s Island) and Andrew Spaulding (Before The Rains), producers; Keegan DeWitt (I’ll See You In My Dreams), composer; Rob Givens (The Hero), cinematographer; Suzy Elmiger (Lola Versus), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

When Violet Markey (Fanning) and Theodore Finch (Smith) meet and fall in love, overcoming their emotional and physical scars of the past in the process, they change each other’s lives forever…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Jennifer Niven’s YA weepie is adapted into a new tearjerker for the same crowd who adored The Fault In Our Stars, starring Elle Fanning (who also produces) and Justice Smith in the lead romantic roles.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

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