You WILL cry....unless you have a heart of stone

Rating: 9/10 (4 September 2014)

I am going to start off this brief, two-paragraph review by saying that I originally had no intentions of seeing this movie, period. This movie was obviously not meant for guys, particularly ones my age, and instead was meant for the young, teen-girl audience. So I figured, "why bother?" That being said, I did end up seeing it, and I actually thought it to be a very good film. The characters were given a LOT of depth, Shailene Woodley gave one of the best performances I have seen all year, and the story is not just a typical cancer story. Instead of having the lead characters fine and healthy throughout half the film and becoming sick towards the end, this film is about people that have already moved into the acceptance stage of their illness, and how they learn to enjoy what little time they have left in life. It is a very well-paced movie, the dialog is fine, you will cry at some pointI did, and it has Willem Dafoe (if only for about five minutes).
This film had so much going for it that I really have nothing major to hold against it. The acting was very, very well done, the editing is spot on, and nearly all of the technical components of the film were in top form. All the complaints that I did have with it were extremely minimal, and most of them were fixed by the end of the first act anyway. Because of this, I have to applaud "The Fault in Our Stars"; it was not meant for my demographic, yet it made me enjoy the movie anyway. There really is not a lot I can say about this movie without sounding cheesy or weird so I will let my rating speak for me.
I am going pretty high on this initial rating (although it may change later on): 9/10.