By Kaitlyn Goldberg – News Editor 

The movie “Purple Hearts” starring Sofia Carson and Nicholas Galitzine is a romantic drama that shows how people from completely different worlds can come together, even with extremely different views. 

“Purple Hearts” is about an aspiring singer-songwriter and waitress Cassie Salazar who has type 1 diabetes and needs medical insurance to get her life saving medicine who meets Luke Morrow, a marine, whom she meets at her job, and owes $50,000 to his old drug dealer. After Cassie asks her best friend Frankie who is also a marine to get married so she can get health benefits and he declines Luke offers.  They decide to get married, although only knowing each other for two weeks and having completely different values and political beliefs. Luke is being deployed to Iraq and they need to act like a married couple during that time.  While away Cassie writes songs, some about her feelings about Luke.  

One of the most memorable moments in the movie is when during a mission Luke was injured and in the hospital, and Cassie accidentally called Luke’s father instead of his brother.  Luke has a strained relationship with his father and this also makes things even more complicated for Luke and Cassie, because now they need to live together to make sure Luke’s dad believes they are a real couple.  This adds a new dynamic to Luke and Cassie’s relationship and makes them grow closer, though still having tension with one another.  

A more upsetting, but important, moment in the movie is when Luke is staying at Cassie’s apartment and Cassie begins to have a diabetic attack after performing her music at a local bar.   Her sugar drops and she goes into shock and Luke was there to help her. It was a pivotal moment in the movie because it showed that Luke really does care about Cassie, even though in the beginning of the movie they showed no interest in one another. 

Something else in the movie that was exciting was when Cassie got a dog named Peaches for Luke to help him through his recovery.  This was a very cute and heartwarming moment in the movie, and even though Luke didn’t think he needed the dog he grew to love her. Peaches also was there and helped when Cassie was having her diabetic attack.  It may seem like a small moment in the movie, but it shows that Cassie also cared about Luke and his well being throughout the time they were living together. 

Overall, the movie exceeded expectations.  It had a great message about people from two different worlds coming together, and also highlighting the issues with Medicare. 

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars