Shockingly good

Rating: 9/10 (30 September 2012)

I was amazed by this movie. I mean Joseph Gordon-Levitt always plays such dull boring characters and Seth Rogan can only play one character. Strangely they both play their usual roles and yet, it works in this movie.
So Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) finds out he has cancer. A fairly rare case in which there will be a 50/50 chance to survive. In this movie we get to see him cope with the issue, and come to terms with the possibility of his death as does his best friend (Seth Rogan), his family, his girlfriend, and his new, inexperienced, young, attractive, therapist (Anna Kendrick).
What I loved about this one was that it was not a sad story. Even in the worst of times this movie takes a humorous approach that works well, and not in too much of a way that makes you not take it seriously. We saw Seth Rogan in this kind of movie with Adam Sandler(Funny People) and it was a miserable FAIL. I think Joseph Gordon-Levitt's sort of straight man, dull quality is what really made this one different.
Seth Rogan was OK, he always does a good job with his characters but then again he only plays that one stoner who never grew up, which, let's face it, its him. I think Anna Kendrick played her inexperienced psychologist role pretty well, I have seen her in plenty of other films, but she had never really had a stand out character and this was one where she did well.
This movie is a not a comedy, yet has enough comedy in it that its very hard to call it drama as well.I really didn't want to see this one and did it begrudgingly. I am glad I did it was well worth it. Even if you don't like weepy sad stories that make you think about mortality, or illness, which I am usually not a fan either, this one is good enough to keep you laughing and not feel to terrible bad afterwards.
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