Lend me your ears..

Rating: 2/10 (20 December 2012)

The bard once said 'All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players'. Ladies and gentlemen, just what happens if the backdrop of that very stage is in the sickly form of cancer? Can art imitate life or even death here? Will you render it colorful for some eye candy?
World Cancer Research Fund International reports that there were an estimated 12.7 million cancer cases around the world back in 2008 and from that 7.6 million died from the disease.
The backbone of this 2011movie titled 50/50 is that it is based upon the film writers own experience with cancer and of course genuine acting from its handsome lead actor JGL. Holding this"backbone' together is a tiny soft blob of unsweetened over diluted jelly.
It is never nice to bash any movie considering all the effort and dedication by those involved. However, having lived long enough with someone dear who had cancer and ALSO having seen many inspiring, educative and even taught provoking films regarding cancer, I felt extremely disappointed watching this shallow & soulless show.
Friends of IMDb, cancer is really a word and not a sentence.