make sure you have some tissues when you watch this movie

Rating: 9/10 (17 September 2014)

I would never watch the movie again because the movie is a tear making factory. But for those who can bear the pangs of love please go ahead and enjoy it.
I thought the chemistry between Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort was real. The suspension of disbelieve kicks in early and you are transported to the world of Hazel and Gus hopelessly. I am one of those who has read the book and I had great expectations from the movie. I was a relieved man that the movie did justice to my imagination.
There are few reasons why the viewer will watch the movie till the end. One, it's smart. The conversations between Hazel, the optimist who wants to leave a mark in the world and Hazel, the pessimist who believes that everything finally ends in an oblivion has the right formula for some very fresh rhetoric.
Two, even if it'a pathetically sad movie, the characters who are suffering in it do not indulge in self pity. They are unabashed about their illness and they also find room for humor.
Three, it has a positive message saying that life is made out of small and big infinities. Hazel is grateful to Gus for giving her their small infinity. So life is not about the number of years one lives but the number of infinities that one lives within it.
I would give this movie a ten but I guess I am saving it for later...