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The Fault in Our Stars

The Fault in Our Stars (2014)

May. 16,2014
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7.7
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PG-13
| Drama Romance

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

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SoTrumpBelieve
2014/05/16

Must See Movie...

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Pluskylang
2014/05/17

Great Film overall

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ChicRawIdol
2014/05/18

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

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Taha Avalos
2014/05/19

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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invisibleunicornninja
2014/05/20

This movie is identical to the book. Honestly, its a perfect adaptation. If you are a fan of bad acting, dull cinematography, cringey scripts, and the glamorization of deadly diseases, then you will love this movie. If you find any of those things to be boring or in poor taste, then I would recommend skipping this abomination.

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alirashid2111
2014/05/21

"The Fault in Our Stars" is the saddest movie I have ever seen. Love, sacrifice, and hanging onto life were conceptualize through the sences of the movie.

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Jackson Booth-Millard
2014/05/22

I saw the trailer for this movie, obviously it was marketed as a big tearjerker movie, the title comes from a quote from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, for we are underlings", it basically means that the fault is in the lead characters stars, I hoped for something worth my time. Basically teenager Hazel Grace Lancaster (Divergent's Shailene Woodley) lives in Indianapolis, she has terminal thyroid cancer that has spread to her lungs. Her mother Frannie (Laura Dern) believing her to be depressed urges to attend a weekly cancer patient support group to make friends with people going through the same thing. There Hazel meets charging teenager Augustus "Gus" Waters (Baby Driver's Ansel Elgort), he lost his leg from bone cancer, but has since apparently been cancer-free, they bond at his house over their hobbies. They both agree to read each other's favourite book, Hazel recommends An Imperial Affliction, a novel about a cancer-stricken girl named Anna that parallels her experience, and Augustus gives Hazel Counter Insurgence. They keep in touch via text over the weeks that follow and grow closer, Gus expresses frustration when finishing the book, having an abrupt ending (it ends in the middle of a sentence), Hazel tells that the mysterious author Peter Van Houten (Willem Dafoe) retreated to Amsterdam after the book's publication, he has not been heard from since. Weeks later, Gus tells Hazel he has traced Van Houten's assistant, Lidewij (Lotte Verbeek), Hazel corresponds with Van Houten by email, she writes wanting to find out more about the novel's ambiguous ending, Van Houten replies that he is only willing to answer her questions in person. Hazel asks her mother if she can travel to Amsterdam to visit him, but Frannie refuses because of financial and medical difficulties, Gus suggests she uses her Make-A-Wish Foundation "cancer wish", but she has already used it to go to Disney World. Gus and Hazel go on a picnic date and begin to fall in love, he surprises her with tickets to Amsterdam, there is a medical setback, but Hazel's doctors allow the trip, they expect that she will soon become incapable of doing anything at all. Hazel and Gus arrive in Amsterdam, they have reservations at an expensive restaurant, paid for by Van Houten, during the meal, Gus confesses his love for Hazel. The following afternoon, they meet Van Houten at his house, but are shocked to find he is an alcoholic, Lidewij paid for the trip and the dinner without his knowledge, angered he taunts Hazel for seeking answers, and belittles her medical condition. Hazel leaves, utterly distraught, Lidewij invites them to go sightseeing to make up for their ruined experience, the three visit the Anne Frank Museum, where Hazel struggles up the stairs. Gus and Hazel spend that night together in their hotel and have sex for the first time, the next day Gus tells her that his cancer has returned and spread throughout his body and is terminal, Hazel is heartbroken, expressing how unfair life can be. Returning to Indianapolis, Gus' health worsens, he is taken to the ICU and realizes he is close to death. Gus invites his blind best friend Isaac (Nat Wolff) and Hazel to his pre-funeral, where they deliver eulogies that they have both prepared, Hazel tells him she would not trade their short time together for anything. Gus dies eight days later, Hazel is astonished to see Van Houten at the funeral, he tells her that Gus had demanded he attend his funeral to make up for the spoiled trip. Van Houten tells her that his novel is based on the experiences of his daughter Anna, who died at a young age from leukemia, he gives a piece of paper, she screws it up and asks him to leave. Later, talking with Isaac, Hazel learns that Gus had asked Van Houten to help him write a eulogy for her, she retrieves the screwed-up paper, it is Gus writing about accepting his death and about his love for her. She lies on her back on her lawn looking up at the stars, smiling as she remembers Augustus and says: "Okay", they're special way of saying "I love you". Also starring True Blood's Sam Trammell as Michael Lancaster, Ana Dela Cruz as Dr. Maria, Randy Kovitz as Dr. Simmons, David Whalen as Gus' Dad and Milica Govich as Gus' Mom. Woodley gives a charming performance, whilst constantly wearing the breathing tubes, Elgort is endearing despite some cheesy dialogue, they are a believable doomed couple, obviously it is full of sentimentality and mushiness, and manipulative bits that try to draw tears, but it is also witty and amusing in the right places, it's not a bad romantic drama. Worth watching!

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bkoganbing
2014/05/23

If you think that The Fault In Our Stars is just another teen romance are you in for a pleasant surprise. You'd better have a good supply of tissues because this film involves two very special teens. Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley are a pair of cancer survivors and they just haven't got very much time.With Woodley she's come through cancer of the thyroid and she has the breathing apparatus as just part of her person now. Her parents naturally worry about over straining herself, but Woodley is determined to lead as active a life as she can.At a cancer survivor support group she meets Ansel Elgort who has really made quite a name for himself since this film came out. Elgort is a former basketball star who lost a leg to cancer. He is so incredibly quirky and charming in this part I'm surprised he didn't get Oscar consideration.The two make a trip to Amsterdam to visit an author they admire. Willem Dafoe however has less than meets the eye, still they have a good time. When they visit the Anne Frank house the symbolism is certainly not lost on the viewer.The title is a play on Cassius's famous quote from Julius Caesar about the fault not lying in our stars but in ourselves. There's no fault here for Woodley an Elgort. Fate has dealt them a cruel and rotten hand and they have to make the most of it.I haven't seen a film move me as much since Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby. Even a Medusa would be reduced to tears with this one.

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