All The Bright Places

All The Bright Places is based on the best selling novel "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven. The story is about two high school seniors Violet Markey (Elle Fanning) and Theodore Finch (Justice Smith). They both had different personalities but they bonded while trying to get over hurt from their past.
     The story begins when Finch meets Violet standing on the ledge of a bridge during one of his morning runs and he convinced her to come down. After a while Finch googled her and found out that she recently lost her sister Eleanor. He tries to get close to her but they keep having awkward conversations in their school hallway. Finally they got a class assignment to visit significant places is Indiana where they live and prepare a report on those places which will be presented in class. They had to choose partners and Finch chooses Violet to be his partner and this assignment made them close. As they got closer,  it is seen that Finch too is dealing with trauma from his past.  He was physically abused by his father and his mother always travels so he is usually alone with his elder sister and they are close. Finch has to constantly remind himself to be happy to prevent a mental breakdown from happening to him.

            As both characters try to move on from emotional and physical scars from their past they froma a strong bond and they realized that even the smallest moments can be very special and the ugliest places can become very beautiful with the right person. This is shown as both characters found each other in their dark times  and helped each other find happiness .According to them "there can be light in dark places even during dark times". This movie shows the impact of mental illness on ones life, family and friends.