This movie might be separated 50/50 when it comes to the audiences, but I liked this movie

Rating: Null/10 (1 October 2011)

This movie is a good blend of seriousness and comedy mixed into one film. Serious because of the cancer aspect of it and how a likable character deals with it. I would have passed on this movie to see it in theater but it has Joseph Gordon-Levitt facing cancer so it was a must watch. I didn't really like Seth Rogen in movies lately, well actually I just didn't care. But he was a key character in this movie and he was the one that actually added decent comedy elements to the movie. His character actually made the movie less depressing and bearable, because without his character this would have been a dark and just plain depressing. Mostly because Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character Adam is a guy that just let society and the people around him push him around while trying to do everything right. He doesn't smoke or anything like that and is a healthy guy and yet ironically he ends up with cancer. Not that cancer is something funny or anything like that but Seth Rogen played a important role for the lighthearted mood of it during certain parts or else the movie would have been just too serious. This isn't a groundbreaking movie about cancer but it's a believable movie about a guy dealing with cancer that has a 50/50 chance of surviving. It's a good movie that you will actually start to care abut the characters and actually had my attention most of the way through. The serious dramatic parts and comedic parts were blend in pretty well in this without being forced and even the romantic elements fit right in as well. It's a movie that is worth seeing at least once because of the good mix of different elements and because it has good character development.
7.8/10