I AM SO EXCITED. STREAMING MAY 2ND ON MAX!!! -John

this trailer is hilarious because not once does it mention the main plot of the book… oh we’re so back

Hoping for a scene of John as a health/history teacher talking about tuberculosis

As someone with OCD, this felt like a punch in the stomach, but like… in a good way. I cried.

Non-readers are about to be in for a huge surprise with this one👀

I know people think anxious people want some kind of immovable reassurance, but anxious people want to actually be reassured that they won’t be anxious forever. When the guy says “it’s not forever, it’s now” it clicked to me. I’m hooked.

Having OCD and actually seeing it on screen is so so nice. Mental health representation matters

Okay, but why is she me though, like that line where she said; “A lot of my thoughts don’t even feel like mine.” God I felt that can’t wait for this movie!!!

I'm not crying, you're crying. When this book came out I was a teenager newly diagnosed with OCD, afraid I would feel this way forever. I thought I would always be sad and anxious and alone. That I would never be capable of having a meaningful romantic relationship. Well just last week I was having a panic attack and my husband rested his head against mine just like Davis does to Aza at the end of this trailer and told me, "Your now is not your forever." (He has heard a LOT about John Green from me.) It's going to be so weird to watch this movie knowing how far I've come and that I started out just like Aza. Everybody told me it would get better but I didn't really believe them. Turtles All the Way Down, and John Green in general, was one of the things that gave me hope. It's my "An Imperial Affliction."

Oh I can’t wait for this. My favorite John Green book. 😭 Non-readers are in for a loop when there’s a whole mystery element not even mentioned in the trailer though! 😂

I am sure this movie will make me feel so normal, as the book did !! No spirals !!!

okay, I literally wasn't expecting to cry at this trailer and then her mom said "no matter how scared you are, you never stop trying." and now there are tears in my eyes at work. thanks, John.

How supportive her best friend is is making me cry. In those moments when we are stuck in a thought spiral all we wish for is for someone to break us out of it. Like her friend is doing for her. And to hear that we're not crazy or stupid or defect for having these unhelpful thoughts

im really happy for other generations that they get films like this for anxiety/OCD disorders. Im going to watch but having something like this as a teenager would have made me feel so seen.

This book changed my life. It helped me get diagnosed with OCD, something that I have struggled with my entire life. I am a better version of myself because I could see myself in Aza. Help and progress are possible.

This looks great! I'm slightly confused as to why we're acting like it's just a romance story, but I assume WB is doing that to try to get the people who have never read a John Green book and loved The Fault in Our Stars 😆

Isabella Merced is gonna be so incredible as Aza Holmes in Turtles All The Way Down it looks great!

This made me tear up in a coffee shop. Thanks John

This is releasing the day after the 9th anniversary of when I was released from the hospital after my OCD nearly took my life. 9 years later and I get to watch a story that hit me closer than Bette Davis' film Now, Voyager did. I have been waiting since day 1 of the book's release to show this to all who have not understood what it's like to live like this. (those who declined my offer to take one of my MANY copies) What a delight to see myself and those like me on screen in ways we never have before. Thank you so much, I can't wait!

So glad this movie is going to get released! Looks fantastic. So nice to see OCD accurately represented in a movie.

Lol I burst into tears. The novel made me feel so seen and I’m certain this film will mean so much to young people out there now who are struggling 💚

A good movie about mental health??? So hyped, loved the book!

It's weird how much the actress looks exactly how I imagined Aza when I first read the book. Perfect casting!

They did a GREAT job showing the spirals !

non book readers are gonna be SO surprised with this one and man, this deserves a theatrical release

I can't wait! The book helped me understand my daughter's anxiety disorder, and I hope it does the same for millions of others so we can continue to provide love and support to our loved ones.

I'm tearing up just watching this trailer, I can't even imagine how I'd feel watching it-

I am ready to be emotionally destroyed by a John Green adaptation again!

This movie was shot at my daughter's high school! I'm so excited to watch!

Isabela Moner/Merced is on fire lately. I can’t believe she’s playing Hawkgirl in James Gunn’s Superman and Ellie’s girlfriend Dina in The Last of Us Season 2.

Growing up I was never a reader but this was a book I truly fell in love with. So far this trailer has met every expectation

Finally! John Green movies are the closest thing we have to new John Hughes movies

Oh my God! Even the damn commercial made me tear up. Believe when i say i cry till the ending credits, then cry in bed later. John Green is a genius.

I have loved John Green for so long and this book… by far one of my favorites. John has made me feel normal when I’m anything but and I can not wait for this movie. Congratulations John!

John did a really great job casting this. 😜

HBO MAX IS ONTO SOMETHING WITH THIS ONE ! THIS MOVIE LOOKS GOOD

WE ARE HERE

"I like turtles." -Zombie Kid

May we all have a friend like that in our lives. 💜

The scenes are exactly as I imagined while reading the book. Good job.

I love the way they showed the thought spirals!!

I've never seen OCD represented so well before, it was a little triggering

Yay!! Cree Cicchino finally has a breakout role. I'm so happy for her. I need her in other films/series. Who's agrees?💪🏻

Glad Isabela is working her way up like Jenna Ortega. We need MORE brown latinos/latinas in the industry.

This is the first time I'm crying from watching a trailer. Says how much the movie is going to emotional and angst. So not going to miss it

When she says, a lot of my thoughts dont even feel like mine, i felt so related i literally gasped. I feel like that all the time.

I have anxiety and ocd and been getting the help I needed for a month now and the improvement has really shown and seeing there's a movie about it really resonates with me

I want to watch this for the friend!! They seem to have such a supportive friendship and I need more of that in cinema

Time to put all of my signed copies of this book back on display

A little JOURNEY TO THE MICROCOSMOS within the turtles movie heheheehehe BTW HANNAAAAAHHH BEST DIRECTOR EVERRRRR

Man, I was still an undergrad when I read this one, and now I'm a full grown-up, married and everything. Times goes too fast.

OH MY GOD! This looks so cute and so true to the book, I’m excited to see the tuatara and I think I might find my old copy and reread it before the movie comes out.

I loved the book with my whole heart, and it helped me so much. I am so excited for the movie!

the book is amazing. i hope this movie will do justice to the book. and really really hope people don’t sleep on this adaptation like they did with looking for alaska. the fault and paper towns are huge hits for their adaptations but not alaska and it’s a crime. john’s adaptations are always precise. it’s his vision in the adaptation too.

Already crying and it's only the trailer

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This deserved a theatrical release

As a person who just graduated high school - this movie is probably the most funny (in a non cringey way), relatable and heartfelt teen centred movie I've watched in a long time. I don't have OCD but the way the characters interact and responses are so reflective of how teens act these days. I actually laughed at the jokes and can feel what the characters are feeling because I have been in those situations before. Highly recommend.

I really love the “it’s now” sentiment…I read the book when it was released so I honestly don’t remember much but I do have anxiety spirals and it’s soooo hard to remember in the moment that it won’t be forever, and that my thoughts aren’t me, that they can lie

okay all the readers on here talking about a surprise+mystery and the main plot of the book not being mentioned, you've convinced me to read this.

I SO BADLY hope that the movie is everything the book was and more! I ABSOLUTELY LOVEEEE John Green! He does such amazing work with his books and anything else he does and this book in particular was amazing in all aspects and I really hope that the movie reflects not only azas love life and mental illness… but also the main plot of the book, the mystery, and the adventure! ❤️

I’ve had untreated OCD since I was a kid but I got diagnosed within the past few days as I had an intense break down and I informed my doctor etc and was able to start treatment right away. John Green has always been one of my favorite people ever and I watched this movie alone first at 6AM because I knew I’d be triggered. I had to stop in between. I had to allow myself to cry. But my goodness did I feel the uttermost valued, seen, and understood. And Isabela absolutely destroyed this character ! She was incredible and the rest of the cast. I had my husband and one of my bestfriends watch it with me last night and they both cried as well and it opened up not just for them to understand but to look deep at things maybe they need to uncover. Being diagnosed with OCD and starting treatment and having to speak this outloud, it’s one of the hardest things I’ve had to do. But this movie has become such a support movie for me that I watch it out of just feeling so much love for knowing things can get better. The ending was absolutely crafted beautifully. There are so many things in this film that I love but I just adore Green. He’s a gem and we don’t deserve him by any means but I’m so proud of him for using his platform to speak about this condition and be able to challenge people to not look at OCD as this huge red flag of an illness but that were just trying to thrive in the midst of feeling like we are surviving. The flight or fight is hard. I was told that OCD is like tug of war hut we must win.

This book had such a profound impact on me and it’s still in my top 10 after all these years. So excited to see it!!

This looks awesome! Love the microscopy images. You weren't kidding about the acting quality too!

'Its turtles all the way fuxking down' god I hope we get this line from Daisy in the movie!!!!

Yes, I love this book, and the actors live up to the characters, at least for me.

My heart! It felt like reading that precious book all over again!

music choice feels weird for this, but super excited for the movie. Will need to reread it before may

YES!!! It's here and it's gonna be awesome! I'm so glad they're giving me a month to reread the book

Even though this is evidently a romance I’m actually really happy that there’s an adaptation of a story that is so character focussed and centralizes on the characters friendship I feel like in a lot of teen movies similar to this the best friend is someone that’s kind of off to the side and isn’t centralized or if they are it’s not in a positive way so this actually looks really good

I didn’t realize I had anxiety until I read this book. Then it clicked. I’m so excited they made a movie.

this trailer absolutely does not prepare you for how gut wrenching this film is sure to be. this is going to be epic.

So excited for this ever since I heard it was being made! It's my favorite book, I can't wait ❤

Omg! Thank you very much #HBOMax.. I have been waiting for this forever.. ❤️

OCD in a book and in a movie... needed this!

Glad to see ocd represented in media. Looks like a good movie too!!

The microcosmos recordings used for the thought spirals ☺️ this look very well cast so far and doesn't give away onw of the main plots. Tentatively excited!

I can't wait!! I read the book last year for an assignment and fell in love. It seems like a lot of scenes are similar too.

Journey to the microcosmos went hard

Wow! Isabela Merced is so talented and she is going to nail this role. I love her with Mark Wahlberg in Instant Family and Sweet Girl with Jason Momoa.

so excited for this movie! I loved the book and depicts ocd so well, obviously because John has ocd but gosh the representation is so important to me 🩷

No Rey/Chewbacca fan-fic mentioned. If that is cut I will never emotionally recover

This is beautiful captivating looks like a real glimpse into the condition.

I’m glad they look like normal teens! Really cool casting!

I'm very glad to see they've included the bandaid on the finger.

it's the journey to the microcosmos footage for me!

john green just needs to become a screenwriter at this point lol

I don’t have OCD, but when the woman said “No matter how scared you are, you never stop trying” tears came to my eyes. All my life my mind tried to convince me that the worst events would happen if I didn't follow its instructions and it was very very difficult to ignore those thoughts. I had forgotten how strong I was and I still am. Edit: today i was diagnosed with OCD :,)

Were the bacteria videos taken from James’s germs?? That would be such a cool crossover

2nd time I watch the trailer and I'm in tears. Again. Just finished the book yesterday. I'm excited.

Thanks for the recap!

Turtles All The Way Down was the first piece of media I'd ever encountered that actually captured the experience of OCD. (Which makes sense, since the author has personal experience with it.) I'm looking forward to seeing this one!

This is so cool!!!! I love the Journey to the Microcosmos bits!!!

Max is so lucky (good at business?) to have this film straight to streaming, the numbers are going to show that this would have easily been a full theater release.

I absolutely love the way John Green writes complex female characters and how movie studios pick the perfect casting for them

I LOVED this book when it first came out because it was the first time I had ever read an accurate representation of how anxiety manifests. It's funny because in the book it was never explicitly stated that she had OCD, so I didn't make the connection that I also had OCD until I was diagnosed YEARS later AND found out John Green revealed in the interview that the main character had OCD. I've read this book more times than I can count just because of how much it resonated with me. It made me feel seen and not so crazy. I even read parts of it to my husband to help him understand what my OCD spirals look and feel like. Really a life changing book for me. While I've been waiting for a movie adaption....I'm really scared this won't represent it right. First, WHERE THE HECK IS THE WHOLE MISSING PERSON PLOT?? I know it didn't have a HUGE bearing on the plot, but it was the driving force of the story. Also, they're playing it out as a really happy romance story, but it's not. Just because this book meant so much to me, I'm really scared how this will turn out. Guess we'll see on May 2nd.

She deserves The most supporting bestie award 🤍

they did so good on this trailer

One of my favorite books with one of my favorite actors!!!! I’m so freaking excited for this!

MOVIE OF THE YEAR!!!!!