Heavy movie with humor.

Rating: 7/10 (10 June 2012)

I've seen a few movies about people who have cancer and they die. But this movie is more different then the others. First of all, a young man gets cancer a the age of 27. He has a good friend who makes jokes all the time and learns how to use the illness of his friend in, for him, a positive way.
The movie is filled with great actors and actresses. It shows in a great way what happens when someone gets cancer, and adds up a little bit more spice to it.
This friend, played by Seth, made the movie watchable because he gave humor to this heavy story. What I missed was the change of Seth during the movie. I asked myself why Seth didn't grow up because of his friend. I really hoped to see Seth play in a serious role as a worried friend, instead of being the clown all the time. It didn't happen. And maybe it was the best after all. The seriousness blinked out in the book he read about people having cancer, and he is just a person. Not everyone get changed during life. So I found my peace in this Seth character. The movie isn't meant to be heavy although the topic is.