A Humorous Inspiration For People Who Have Cancer

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2016)

Cancer survivor and screenwriter Will Reiser provides us a great and entertaining dramedy about a difficult topic in 50/50.This film that stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Morgen together with Anna Kendrick,Bryce Dallas Howard and Anjelica Houston provides us a story about young man's battle with cancer.It was loosely based on Reiser's own personal experience when he himself was battling with cancer himself.
The story involves Adam,who happens to be a public radio journalist in Seattle who happens to be in a relationship with Rachael and bestfriends with Kyle.After experiencing back pains,he goes to a doctor to consult about it.Later,it was revealed by his doctor that he is suffering from schwannoma neurofibrosarcoma or having cancerous tumor in the spine.It was later learned that Adam's chances of survival is 50% or 50/50 as the movie's title suggest.The screenplay revolves around how he battles with cancer from his friendship with his best buddy,his relationship with his girlfriend,the friends he met at chemotherapy who happens to be cancer patients themselves,his relationship with his mother, and his awkward relationship with his psychotherapist.
Reiser's screenplay was definitely a great story about cancer patients.It was definitely moving and it captures the viewers' heart especially as we get through Adam's situation in battling cancer.We see how changes in his relationships take place.We definitely feel sorry for being young and immature in facing this disease as well as the lack of needed support he is getting from a loud-mouthed and dick bestfriend Kyle,his cheating girlfriend Rachael,his parents - a mother who constantly worries and a father who is suffering from the advanced stages of dementia - and his inexperienced psychotherapist Katherine,who apparently is more interested in having a date with him rather than helping him psychologically battle the situation he is currently facing.In the end,we feel happy for Adam as he managed to survive after undergoing an extremely dangerous situation despite the somewhat lack of support that he is getting around him. Added to that,it also provides a wonderful film that will serve as humorous inspiration for people who have cancer.