8/8

Rating: 8/10 (14 June 2014)

I don't cry very often - in my group of friends, I'm known as having a heart made of ice. Before I watched the The Fault in Our Stars today, I could not remember the last movie I've cried to, the last one being at least three years ago.
The Fault in Our Stars is a very good movie for the right audience. I'm luckily in that audience, being a 15 year old girl, having read the book also.
In a very specific scene with Hazel talking to her parents about when she'll die of the tough lung cancer she had, it reminded me of what I was doing through doing my half-depression some time ago. There, I dealt with the same feelings - about being forgotten, leaving people behind, and death in general, which I struggled with accepting. Just there, I felt so connected to these characters, even though I don't have cancer, and never have - but it just felt so real, and that's where I cried in the cinema for the first time in my life.
The acting in this movie is very, very good. It felt honest, it felt realistic. The script could easily have made this movie into one big sap with soaking cheese, but with the very talented actors and amazing directing, the film avoided that.
Of course, this isn't for everyone. I would say it's mostly for teens around my own age, and if you find yourself having a need to break your own heart and think about your role in the universe, go see TFIOS. And of course everyone else who's interested. I wasn't disappointed, something I tend to be watching book- to-movie adaptations.
If I was John Green, the author of the book, I would be very, very proud.