Very Little Fault in These Stars!!!

Rating: 9/10 (8 June 2014)

A couple of months back I read the Young Adult Novel "The Fault in our Stars" by John Green, in anticipation of the movie. It is the story of Hazel, a teenager living with cancer. At the start of the story, the cancer is seemingly terminal, but she has survived for the time being. Her mother makes her go to a support group in the basement of a Church - To get out there, live life, make friends, etc. In this support group, she meets Agustus, also a teenage cancer patient, in remission, who has an amputated leg due to his illness. The two fall in love, and I will stop there.
If you have not read the book or seen the movie, your mind can imagine where the story goes. I won't spoil it. For those who have read it – It is a good adaption of the book.
The First Half of the movie while not bad, is not perfect at times – the Second Half Shines! Shailene Woodley, has some very strong individual scenes as Hazel. She is one of the most popular younger actresses out there (lead of the "Divirgent Franchise) and it shows why in those scenes. She is bubbly when she needs to be, and can turn serious when it's time. I think she hasn't even become the best she can be yet. Ansle Elgort's Agustus is as likable and charming as you want him to be. Laura Dern is very effective as Hazel's mother, and in his brief turn – William Dafoe is effective as Van Houten - The author of "An Imperial Infliction" - a book that ended with some unanswered questions, which Hazel and Agustus desire to get, prompting a desired trip to Amsterdam to meet him.
I know it is cliché - Suffice it to stay – If you have a heart, you will not helped but be moved – And you don't have to have read the book. 3 ½ out of 4 Stars!