Friendship, love, laughs and survival

Rating: 7/10 (17 November 2014)

This was pretty good, but I guess because I'd heard so much about it when it first came out I was expecting more. I was also severely distracted by the fact that this was filmed in Vancouver (subbing as Seattle) so that I kept thinking things like; where's the cemetery in Stanley park? Nice day for a jog under Lions Gate bridge. Anyways that's just me.
There are several humorous moments along the way as Kyle (Seth Rogen) tries to keep Adam's (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) spirits up through his 50/50 survival rate cancer diagnosis, his treatment, subsequent pot smoking and loss of his bee-atch of a girlfriend (Bryce Dallas Howard). She is very good in those types of roles.
Adam is a pretty dull, dry character, the one scene that he got me in however was right before he goes in for his surgery and he's so scared, turning to his mother for comfort. Very raw. I also liked Anna Kendrick as the bumbling therapist. Great cast here. 12/25/13 "I'm peeing right now." That line cracked me up.