The fault is not in the Love story and Emotions but the Fault is in the additional Metaphorical theory.

Rating: 7/10 (30 June 2020)

The Fault In Our Stars (2014) :
Movie Review -
The fault is not in the Love story and Emotions but the Fault is in the additional Metaphorical theory. I remember skipping this film when released because i had read the synopsis of Novel and i thought it won't look exciting due to predictable plot. Now i thought let's give it a watch because the bollywood remake is about to release and it would help me to decide which adaption was better. In bollywood we have seen such love stories already, may be not exactly as it is but very similar and proudly more emotional so i would be eager to see how Dil Bechara is shaped. When i went through the basic story of the novel 6 years ago i didn't really find anything allegorical but yes it sounded very emotional and heart touching. I have seen many of that stuff too so again its like losing little more interest. Anyways now i have seen it and i would like to point out some mistakes instead of admirable things because mostly emotions end up making less sense. But no need to take this review so negatively, i am saying it before i begin bashing that i would still recommend this film to everyone so you please watch it regardless of what mistakes i point out. The Fault In Our Stars does full justice to the love story and emotional story from the original novel but couldn't overdo the metaphorical proportions when there was a golden chance. I don't need to explain about the love story and emotions of this film because they definitely work and are difficult to hate. The problem is in the detailing of the plot and metaphorical portion which has been sidelined for the sake of emotions. See, there is a girl with thyroid cancer who falls in love with a cancer affected boy who has a great sense of humour. He brings the happiness in her boring life and all that portion is presented beautifully in the film. I started loving the film in first 10 minutes only which doesn't happen regularly. The dialogues and scenes in the first 50 minutes were wonderful and shockingly intellegent. Then the film lost the grip when most of its humourous quota was finished, this is where the film came one step down from it's high level. Next, the metaphorical and subtle thoughts were sidelined because we are not so smart audience and we love to see typical emotional and love theories instead of intellectual stuff. Then onwards i begun to search for mistakes in every scene and the level was one down again. I just wish what if the level was kept solid high throughout? The film would have ended as an Unforgettable Classic. I just couldn't understand how all of sudden the guy with great sense of humour started behaving like a common man? Was it because he fell in Love despite knowing that his life gonna end soon? Didn't he have that much brain to understand it? Does falling in love means you should lose your intelligence? On the other side, that so called girl who is Smarter than others has nothing to freak out than just meeting an author of book? How can she be so desperate for such a small and ignorable thing? When did she behave smartly to be called smarter? Wait a sec, her parents had money for the expensive treatment since childhood but has no money for one freaking trip to Amsterdam? Poverty? Seriously? The author has been given so much importance nonvigilantly, what's his role in the film actually? How did he help in the impact of the story? It was just another Normal character. Now one of the biggest problem is the climax scene. Well, the climax is not a problem, the problem is not elaborating the connection of it to the earlier scene when the girl tried to avoid the boy for his own betterment but at last she realises that he already knew it. That's metaphor but many people didn't get it because it wasn't presented smartly. Technical errors of the film cannot be ignored, such big errors they are. Cinematography and editing is so bad occasionally. Finally coming to the positives, the acting of both the leading actors is fantastic. Laura Dern in the side role was adorable. Dialogues in the first half are amazing, clapworthy and highly sensible but as bad in the drag moments of second half. Direction is very good considering the aim of paying more attention to the emotions and love saga but like i said, i want to repeat again, the Subtle and Metaphorical proportions of the film deserved to be explored in terms of Greatness. Overall, a Very Good and Adorable film but unlikely to work as a tear-jerker and unlikely to be called a work of a Genius.
RATING - 7/10*