
We assume he’s hiding it, but then it turns out that she knows, which is a major dramatic glitch. The American romantic drama was directed by Lance Hool and stars Jacob Elordi, Adan Canto, Tiera Skovbye, and Radha Mitchel, conjuring up a tale of two couples in different decades and places.

(The doctor only gave him to the age of 20.) He’s got one of those tell-tale movie coughs, and for all the hoariness of that device the movie is so slipshod that there’s never a scene in which he full-on tells Leslie about his condition (which, given that she wants to have a ton of kids, she’d have a right to know about). These two, likewise, are all goo-goo-eyed bliss, except that Jorge hasn’t told her his secret - that he has a lung condition he could die from at any moment. The movie features so much saccharine flirtatious fumbling that each shyly awkward pause and interrupted sentence sounds painfully scripted, and when Chris does his hey-I’m-not-trying-to-be-cool dance moves, it’s cringe-worthy enough to make you want to crawl under whatever piece of furniture you’re sitting on.Īs Chris and Sam drift through their impossibly perfect and self-satisfied YA courtship, the film keeps flashing back to the idealized but not quite as annoying romance between Jorge (Adan Canto), the wealthy Cuban-American scion of a family that owns a rum company (the character he’s based on is one of the Bacardis), and Leslie ( Radha Mitchell), the stewardess - a term that’s used quite pointedly for its retro cachet - who he meets on a flight and starts jet-setting to places like Hawaii to woo. And that voice! It practically growls with self-adoring preppie privilege he’s like the world’s nicest frat-house douche. At the age of 64, Jorge received a double lung transplant as a result of Christopher's death, as Christopher had signed up to be an organ donor.Ĭhristopher's heart, liver, kidneys, pancreas and corneas ended up being donated to six other people.He raises his eyebrows as if manipulating them by pulleys, staring with overly telegraphed puppy-dog sensitivity. Jorge was misdiagnosed as a child with cystic fibrosis, and it wasn't until his 40s that his lung condition was revealed to be a disease called primary ciliary dyskinesia. The only slight change from the real-life story is that Chris's girlfriend was referred to as Jenn in the book, while in the movie, she's called Sam. The movie is based on the book All My Tomorrows: A Story of Tragedy, Transplant and Hope, written by Chris's father Eric Gregory. In parallel love stories, the lives of college student Chris and wealthy businessman Jorge intersect in a profound twist of fate. While this bit is left out of the movie, the rest of 2 Hearts is told almost completely accurately.Ĭhris in real life was Christopher Gregory, a 19-year-old freshman who tragically died from a brain aneurysm. Is the 2 Hearts movie based on a book Yes.

Jorge had served as the vice president of the company. His family has produced rum and other spirits since 1862. In the movie, Jorge is referred to as the heir to a rum dynasty, which is accurate as it's based on the real-life story of Jorge Bacardi, a member of the Bacardi family who have distributed rum and other spirits for more than 150 years. A fact-check of the movie reveals that Jorge Bacardi is a Cuban exile and is a descendant of the founder of the Bacardi liquor company.

2 Hearts true story: What happened to Jorge Bacardi?
