Definitely a Go-See

Rating: Null/10 (29 September 2011)

At first I didn't know what the climate of this film would be. It co-stars Seth Rogan but I didn't know if it would be OK to laugh. It's about cancer but I didn't know how I would end up feeling. Well, it felt real. And it WAS OK to laugh. Matter fact, the movie covers the topic of cancer in a revolutionary way. We feel the gravity of the disease, the toll it takes on all those affected, the uncertainty of the prognosis. Yet, we also get to be silly, to laugh, to make jokes, to LIVE through this with the antagonist. Rogan and Joseph Gordon-Levitt work very well together. The story-line is smart, the script is engaging, the laughs aren't contrived. It's just a good overall movie. And it's one where we don't really know what's going to happen with Gordon-Levitt's character until it all happens. I liked that because it really does keep you tuned in, waiting along with him until the end. Definitely go see 50/50.
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