Now THIS is a real love story.

Rating: 8/10 (1 January 2015)

I'm a guy, so I don't watch chick films or shows unless there's at least something to appeal to men as equally. I figured this would be a typical clichéd sappy love story we've seen before for, like, the 100 time. Surprise surprise! I was proved wrong. I've watched JeremyJahns review this and I refused to believe what he said because he reviewed and liked the Nightmare on Elm Street remake. Apparently, I'm an idiot. This is not just a love story, it's a drama. Two young people suffering from different cancers get together and start becoming friends first even though one of them has an attraction to the other by appearances, but still taking it slow nonetheless; seems logical, and eventually fall in love. And then there you have it. They live out there lives. This reminds me of "The Bucket List" These two know the cancer will kill them but they never let it destroy them. They take it in stride--for the most part. I recently saw Shailene Woodley in "Divergent" and thought she did okay; the movie kind of felt like a Hunger Games knock-off. But in this? Good lord! She gave an astounding performance of her life. Not once did it feel like she could have done one part a little more or less. I smell an Oscar coming her way! Also, she's freaking beautiful! I think I like her better with short hair. Ansel Elgort does a good job as well. I like that he's this kind of 'I don't care. I'll do whatever I want' guy, but never to a point when he's being a d!ck about it.
All in all, it's an impressive love story that doesn't feel clichéd, old, or very...what's the word? Tweenish. I won't say it's the most realistic love story ever put on screen, but it's more realistic than the usual love stories we get nowadays.