"The Fault In Our Stars" My Modest Review

Rating: 7/10 (22 June 2014)

These are films for receiving any luck. Although based on a bestseller, the story about a character affected by cancer should not receive much attention in cinema considering the invasion on TV about this kind of telefilms. But nevertheless took the Box Office arriving at 1st place and temporarily blurring the attention of "Maleficent" on the public. But it would not be big news if it were not also surrounded by laudatory reviews in specialized media Journalism
And truth, "The Fault In Our Stars" feels like a TV movie but more budget. Follow the outline of a TV movie, with characters who are collaterally developed (only get voice and presence when sharing scene with any of the protagonists), and characters which we see for a moment and then not see them again during a considerable time, which is a symptom of direct-to-DVD films which are poorly edited or unprepared (eg "Lol" featured Miley Cyrus). That's why (warning: little Spoilers in the next sentence) the appearance of Willem Dafoe in the funeral is meaningless, and the meeting between Shailene Woodley and Nat Wolff in the end has no coherence, since they are not strictly friends but their friendship is only appearance maintained by the link gave by Ansel Elgort; then only serves as a Deus Ex Machina to Wolff advise about the letter. The worst punished is Sam Trammell, who not only has little presence but even his acting is not convincing, looking more like a adult friend than a father. But what really superfluous are the flashbacks of the protagonist as a child, which are completely standard and could have been omitted
The problem of "The Fault In Our Stars" is not to follow the steps of a television drama. Here's Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, in a truly bizarre turn of events have gone from being brothers in the hit "Divergent" to be dating in this film; although there are not too creepy innuendos that could emphasize this Pseudo-incest? And in case of Woodley, her performance is not just good but brilliant; what is even more remarkable considering her poor performance in "Divergent". Elgort is pretty good but pales in dramatic moments and must contend with an overly indulgent script
And is that part of the errors is the script focused over Elgort, incurring in the vices of the new Hollywood cinema. Apparently, there is now a very strong belief in business where the adolescents should be very confident and loving for the public to sympathize with them. While the interpretation and charisma of Ansel Elgort do not bother, the script is so desperate to make him a lovable character who flooded in a sea of â€‹â€‹improbability. Of course, as soon as he meets the girl, Elgort does not remove the look in her, and even the first day invited to his house where she accepts the invitation (Who said that a woman is difficult to conquer?). Not only do these exaggerated first steps, but some improbable nonsense for a teenager like lending a friend trophies to destroy them or the cigarette metaphor, which is good in theory but in practice is shameful. Moreover, in any case, would be fine the nonsense about the cigarette within the protagonists circle, but the desperate script does not conform and decides to cross barriers: so, they tell the cigarette metaphor to a stewardess (as if the stewardess mattered actually she does not care)
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