I don't remember a lot of the book, as I've read that a long, long time ago. I've read it three times, actually. And every time, I cried. So did I during this movie. Multiple times. I had to pause the movie to calm down, but maybe I'm just a bit of a 'cry baby' when it comes to movies.
The movie started out great. The strong, 11/12 year old 'Akkie' is a fierce girl, willing to fight for what she wants. She's pretty popular, and only has one 'enemy'; Joep.
When she gets in a fight with Joep and she gets a nosebleed after it had stopped already, they take some blood from her. She is diagnosed with Leukemia.
She gets a nice doctor. 'Doctor Mustache'. He's a great person. Akkie is destined to become better. She has a strong will to live. She wants to play in the soccer tournament and represent her school. Things get better and she goes to school again. Only half days.
After a while, things worsen. She makes Doctor Mustache PROMISE to cure her... And if he doesn't, he'd have to shave off his mustache. This and that happens, and she's back in the hospital again. That's when Doctor Mustache walks into the room. Akkie stares at him for a while, before saying: "Hello Doctor Mustache... Without a mustache..." (this is where I started crying SO bad.)
You now know she is not going to make it, and that just breaks your heart. It's just a movie, I know, but thinking about an eleven/twelve year old girl with Leukemia, who will never know about all the great things that are in the future of all the other kids... It just breaks me.
The soccer tournament will take place at a small patch of grass from the hospital, so Akkie can watch, through a window. After her team has won, she is smiling. Then, her smile fades slowly and her eyes close.
Seeing Joep cry was also something that really got to me. The boy that bullied her so much, said 'girls can't play soccer' and even made fun of her when she got out of the hospital for a while and was bald... Cried...
This movie, I gave a ten. Why? Because it's a family movie, but without the happy ending. Without the "and she got better and they all lived happily ever after." They made a movie about the real deal. About how bad it can get. About how even the strong will to live is not enough sometimes. It's about someone who will never know what it's like to graduate high school, get married, have kids. It's breathtakingly, heartbreakingly beautiful, how even enemies are your friends when you're at such a low point in life. It may seem like pity, that they 'suddenly care for you.' But who really cares? At least they ARE there for you. It shows how even the people we think have no feelings at all, can be the most heartbroken of all of them.
I love this movie, I love the book and I will never forget about it.
The movie started out great. The strong, 11/12 year old 'Akkie' is a fierce girl, willing to fight for what she wants. She's pretty popular, and only has one 'enemy'; Joep.
When she gets in a fight with Joep and she gets a nosebleed after it had stopped already, they take some blood from her. She is diagnosed with Leukemia.
She gets a nice doctor. 'Doctor Mustache'. He's a great person. Akkie is destined to become better. She has a strong will to live. She wants to play in the soccer tournament and represent her school. Things get better and she goes to school again. Only half days.
After a while, things worsen. She makes Doctor Mustache PROMISE to cure her... And if he doesn't, he'd have to shave off his mustache. This and that happens, and she's back in the hospital again. That's when Doctor Mustache walks into the room. Akkie stares at him for a while, before saying: "Hello Doctor Mustache... Without a mustache..." (this is where I started crying SO bad.)
You now know she is not going to make it, and that just breaks your heart. It's just a movie, I know, but thinking about an eleven/twelve year old girl with Leukemia, who will never know about all the great things that are in the future of all the other kids... It just breaks me.
The soccer tournament will take place at a small patch of grass from the hospital, so Akkie can watch, through a window. After her team has won, she is smiling. Then, her smile fades slowly and her eyes close.
Seeing Joep cry was also something that really got to me. The boy that bullied her so much, said 'girls can't play soccer' and even made fun of her when she got out of the hospital for a while and was bald... Cried...
This movie, I gave a ten. Why? Because it's a family movie, but without the happy ending. Without the "and she got better and they all lived happily ever after." They made a movie about the real deal. About how bad it can get. About how even the strong will to live is not enough sometimes. It's about someone who will never know what it's like to graduate high school, get married, have kids. It's breathtakingly, heartbreakingly beautiful, how even enemies are your friends when you're at such a low point in life. It may seem like pity, that they 'suddenly care for you.' But who really cares? At least they ARE there for you. It shows how even the people we think have no feelings at all, can be the most heartbroken of all of them.
I love this movie, I love the book and I will never forget about it.