50/50 is REAL life.

Rating: 8/10 (29 August 2019)

I enjoyed this movie so much. It definitely made me "feel" and kept me from looking away. The toxic relationship, the stoner/drunk, yet loving best friend, the over protective mother, the overall anger of being diagnosed with cancer... it hit all the right angles of the plot.
I saw in some other reviews where people called this film too "slow" or "boring," but those people are literally missing the ENTIRE point of the story if you ask me.
I mean, the whole deal here is that this dude is pretty sure he's going to die. His miserable, cheating girlfriend can't even walk into the hospital with him for his chemo for fear of "bringing negative energy into their positive energy." He has to ride the bus everywhere once finally leaving that toxic relationship and only realizes as time goes on just how little he feels human anymore. His poor father who is suffering from Dementia/Alzheimer's can't even recognize his own son when he's saying what may be their last "i love you's" before surgery.
Yes, it's supposed to give you that dark and dull feeling. It's incredibly powerful and all too real though. It puts life into perspective and I would 100% recommend watching.
Oh, and Seth Rogen of course killed this role. The added humor to the movie is part of what made it so wonderfully captivating.