The overly tear-filled final 30 minutes ruined it for me. Sorry.

Rating: 4/10 (15 June 2015)

Many will likely disagree with my rating of "The Fault In Our Stars", and I am understanding of that. This movie was recommended to me by almost everyone I know that had seen it in its opening weeks. I was told that people "couldn't stop crying" and that it was "the saddest movie I've ever seen". Now to be clear, I'm sympathetic of those suffering from cancer and their families and friends. I myself have had several relatives diagnosed with various types of cancer. I also understand that being told someone very close to you is dying is a very difficult and sad situation. Again, I've been in such a situation myself. But despite my sympathy I cannot give this movie a good rating because of its layout. I saw it as a nice romantic movie deserving of a 6/10 rating through roughly the first 1:25:00. But then there is a moment in the movie where Gus informs Hazel of his condition, being diagnosed with incurable cancer throughout his body. This scene signals the beginning of a 30 minute sob-fest for the rest of the film. I personally don't enjoy watching people cry for about half-an-hour. The drawn out ending ruined it for me and dropped the grade two points resulting in a 4/10.