Ultimately underwhelming

Rating: 3/10 (7 April 2016)

I entered the mania for this movie about a year in, and let me say I was seriously disappointed.
This movie, and the novel it is based upon, illuminates the hardships of a cancer patient and the necessity of love. Or at least they claim to.
I know many cancer patients, and not a single one displays the mindset of either of the primary protagonists. Nor do they display the level of intelligence that the children do. I found the dreary mindset to be overshadowed by humor and felt no attachment to these characters.
Many people cried when Gus died because of sadness. I cried over having wasted the better part of my afternoon.
This film was boring, banal, close-minded. I would not recommend this piece even to my most hated enemy.