50/50 (2011)

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Intelligent story and film based on a true story. Seth Rogen is Seth Rogen and the comic anchor in the film as well as in the real life story. The real story was made more cinematic. Pretty good.

Levitt as the son with Cancer gets credit from me for playing a difficult role very well. Seth Rogan is a good co-star who has some shining moments. The women here all do well, from the one dimensional ones (one night stands) to the main ones. Kendrick is one of 2 red heads that shines in this one. I thought when watching this that one of the one-night fun women that they meet in a night club sounds exactly like Mila Kunis. Maybe this is an uncredited cameo or maybe another actress has her voice?The story does present a balance that any disease like Cancer is not fair. It is a little wild in that the disease can be used to hit on women. To the films credit, it balances that by the guys who are older victims of the disease and showing how miserable it is when the disease wins. Real life takes turns that often do not agree with anyone, and there are times that the media trys to put everyone in the same category using group think about issues.This one gets outside the box on the issue of Cancer and avoids the sterotypes that are often associated with the illness. It does have some R rated language, but then it is appropriate. Worth a look for the way the subject is handled and a talented cast doing it well with a good script.

I would give this movie a watch. Joseph Gordon Levitt is the cutest kid I have ever seen and he plays this role very well. The cast is phenom. As for Seth Rogan who thru out the movie bullies and pressures his friend and is intrusive with his friend's relationship, maybe Seth's character is insecure and doesn't have the likability to approach people like JGL and therefore is jealous. On the other hand, he is a good friend ( maybe he doesn't have anyone else) and sticks by his friend's side. Anna is wonderful in the movie; I didn't care for the ending...I was left thinking several thoughts.

While watching "50/50", I had the strange experience of being an "outsider looking in" at the events transpiring on the screen. Having never battled cancer myself, I found it difficult to make any judgement on the actions.For a basic plot summary, this movie sees a young man (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. As he struggles to cope with the diagnosis & treatment of his disease, he is "helped along" (in a variety of different ways) by a greenhorn therapist (Anna Kendrick), his smothering mother (Anjelica Huston), and his "best bud" (Seth Rogen).There are times when this movie seems downright ridiculous and seems to veer from any coherent narrative. However, there are also moments that will bring tears to your eyes. It is a very strange flick in that sense.The reason for the strange-ness? The crazy collection of characters present. Levitt himself proves me than capable of carrying the show, and his relationship with "Kendrick" provides probably the best moments in the film. But then there are the auxiliary cast, who you will alternately hate and appreciate in equal doses. I'm usually a fan of complex characters, but in "50/50" I would actually use the word "uneven" to describe them.Thus, I have to give this film a middle-of-the-road rating for now (perhaps at some other point in my life I will appreciate it more/less). It's like those personality tests you take in college that ask you to rate something on a "scale of 1-5". When you aren't quite sure how you feel, you give it a three.