Better Than I Expected...

Rating: 6/10 (3 June 2015)

Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and Nat Wolff star in this movie that was the talk of the town this past year. My friend in India became obsessed with the lead character. So I finally got around to watching this off HBO GO awhile back.
Woodley, who really impressed me with her performance, stars as a teen cancer patient who meets Elgort in a cancer support group. They use the "grant a wish" program to get her to Europe to meet the author (Willem Dafoe) of a book she is obsessed with, and he doesn't meet up to her expectations. Oh, such is life.
Now I liked this movie, don't get me wrong, but I am only giving it a marginal recommendation due to how forced it seemed at times. In fact, I really just found the stuff with the author to be kinda forced. Willem Dafoe- great actor- don't get me wrong, but I thought the story of the two teen cancer patients was really enough to fuel this movie along, and didn't really think it was necessary. Yes- I know- based on a book; but that's just the direction I would've went with. Rising star, Nat Wolff, also stars as their friend who has his own set of physical issues to deal with.