What a surprise!

Rating: 9/10 (22 June 2014)

Now let me get something out of the way first. I am a 15 year old male who went to see this movie with 4 other guys. We wanted to see what the fuss was about as none of us had read the book. Also, none of us expected ourselves to cry. Well weren't we in for a shock.
I loved this movie. The two leads (Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort) were superb, their realism that they brought to each of their roles worked well and they had a fantastic chemistry between each other which really complimented the movie's storyline. I thought the script was great as it isn't your usual YA sappy romance story, with an overall less cliché feel. However near the beginning I did think the script was a bit cringe-y with the staring and what not, but as the story progressed and became deeper so did the writing become more mature.
As much as hardcore fans of the book say to read it first, I really enjoyed this movie by going in knowing next to nothing about it, and I feel that made the twists all the more hard-hitting. Some scenes brought me to tears, where as others made me laugh with awkwardness. Me and my friends all left the cinema broken and shocked. We now have a pact never to speak of it again. Oops.