This is a mostly spoiler-free review for Eli, which is now streaming on Netflix.
There’s a secret creeping at the center of Eli, the newest addition to the Netflix and Chills slate. And I don’t mean the mystery of its plot, revolving around a boy on a quest to uncover the terrible truth of his agonizing afflictions. Slipping from one subgenre into the next, the big reveal of this frightening film’s finale is what kind of horror movie it seeks to be. This is an intriguing journey, but your mileage may vary.
Directed by Sinister 2 helmer Ciarán Foy, Eli centers on the eponymous boy who is forced to live in a plastic bubble. Young Eli (Charlie Shotwell) has been diagnosed with an aggressive autoimmune disorder that essentially makes him allergic to the world. In his dreams, he frolics in fields, running to embrace his devoted parents. But in reality, the slightest brush with these outside elements causes his skin to break out into a ferocious red rash, and his windpipe to shrink, causing desperate gasps for air. This is why his parents (Max Martini and Kelly Reilly) are spending the last of their savings to whisk him away to a specialist who they believe can save him.
Source: IGN.com Netflix's Eli Review