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Chemical Hearts Will
Get You In Your Feelings
By Ashley DeFrancesco
for cinemacy.com
When we fall in love, our brains are
flooded with dopamine and serotonin, also
known as the “love drugs.” This chemical
concoction makes attraction addictive. For
Henry Page (Austin Abrams) this reaction
happens almost immediately when he
and Grace Town (Lili Reinhart) are partnered
as Editors in Chief for their school
newspaper in Amazon Studios’ new film
Chemical Hearts. Like many teenage
romance films, this story is based on the
Young Adult novel Our Chemical Hearts by
Krystal Sullivan and the title refers to the
chemical reactions in the brain that result
from love.
What sets this romantic drama apart
from the rest is writer/director Richard
Tanne’s use of adolescent struggle and pain.
Through Henry and Grace, we see that
you cannot force your love on a person
if they aren’t ready. Tanne uses the idea
of brain chemistry and chemical connections
to heighten Henry’s attraction and tireless
desire to be with her. But for Grace, the
attraction is a welcomed distraction from
the everyday reminder that her great love
is gone forever.
Abrams and Reinhart’s carefully crafted
characters are the most addicting part of
this film. Abrams uses small, perfectly timed
gestures and pauses to show Henry’s indecisive
nature and eagerness to be with Grace.
Nothing was more relatable than watching
Henry try to craft a perfect text to send,
one that would get Grace to respond, only
to quickly erase it and sigh an admittance
that that tactic is the worst. It’s realistic
and relatable, not to mention cueing my
own memories of doing the same. Reinhart
gives Grace layers and depth that show the
intricacies and nuances of grief, and how
depression can be incapacitating. She has
been open about her personal journey with
depression making this performance not only
grounded but phenomenal.
Although the stereotypical teenage clichés
are sprinkled throughout, Chemical Hearts
captures the fiery nature of teenage feelings.
Though we want our love story to be perfect
and simple, Tanne reminds us that we all
have cracks, and the hard part isn’t finding
love but accepting ourselves.
Distributed by Amazon Studios, Chemical
Hearts is available to stream on Amazon
Prime Video. •
Chemical Hearts, courtesy Amazon Studios.
Ashley DeFrancesco
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