21/03/2026
Complicated is a documentary seven years in the making, with a deeply important message. Directed by Andrew Abrahams, the film follows several young people living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a connective tissue disorder that, as one of the film’s subjects puts it, feels like being “built with Elmer’s glue instead of a hot glue gun.” Because collagen is one of tue body’s primary structural proteins, EDS can affect virtually every system in the body — joints, skin, blood vessels, and more.
But this film is about so much more than a diagnosis. It’s about the families who build walls of calm around themselves because collapse isn’t an option. It’s about the friendships forged between people whose lives are “too weird and complicated” for most of the world to understand. And it’s about a medical system that too often responds to complexity with suspicion — many of the families in the film faced allegations of medical child abuse at some point in their child’s journey.
Complicated is unflinching, necessary, and deeply human. If you or someone you love navigates chronic illness, complex disease, or a medical system that has ever made you feel blamed for being sick — this one’s for you.
Complicated is now available on Apple TV.
