100% recommended

Rating: 9/10 (5 January 2012)

"50/50" is based on the true story of the writer, Will Reiser himself. Maybe because it was a true experience, the emotions throughout the story turned out to be very true. It has a right amount of humour and at the same time some moments to make you teary-eyed. Very cleverly written and directed.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt gave a promising performance. He captured the emotions of the character really well and I can truly relate to him. I think he is starting to deliver some real acting skills and paving his way to stardom :). Seth Rogen just needed to be himself and he was good. The actress I am really starting to take notice is Bryce Dallas Howard (which happens to be Director Ron Howard's daughter). After watching her in "The Help" and now this one, I think she is coming to be another promising actress. I actually think she could do better than Anna Kendrick.
This movie really helps us reflect about what's really important in our lives. We expect ourselves to live up to 70, 80 years old or even more and eventually die of old age. But the truth is, anything can happen to change our lives, and we really need to find out what is really important in our lives and what is the reason of us living, and waste not any moment we have.