Perfectly Pitched

Rating: 8/10 (12 December 2011)

As has no doubt been mentioned in every other review here, a young man's fight against cancer is not obvious comic material. To call this movie merely a comedy, however, doesn't give enough credit to the touching and sensitive handling of the subject matter.
It would be so easy to veer into areas of dubious taste with the humour or to go overboard with the sentimentality of it all, but this film does neither. When watching in the cinema I could clearly hear the same people both laughing and crying.
I can also do nothing but applaud the acting and the script. Seth Rogen does what you expect him to do and does it well. Anna Kendrick is so likable in all of the movies i've seen her in and this is no exception. Sooner or later that'll probably become annoying, but not yet. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is outstanding and Anjelica Huston adds some gravitas.
One of the most worthwhile movies of the year without a doubt.