The Fault in Our Stars

Plot synopsis:
A teenage girl named Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) is lying in the grass staring up at the stars. She states that she believes we're allowed to choose how to tell sad stories, and that although one can sugarcoat it and say there's nothing that can't be fixed with a Peter Gabriel song, it's not the truth.Hazel suffers from stage 4 thyroid cancer and is always seen carrying an oxygen tank with a cannula in her nose for her to breathe. At the behest of her mother Frannie (Laura Dern), father Michael (Sam Trammell), and her doctor Maria (Ana Dela Cruz), she attends a cancer support group at a church called the Literal Heart of Jesus. The person running it is a man named Patrick (Mike Birbiglia), who had testicular cancer and is now divorced and lives with his parents, but is positive because he is alive. Frannie wants Hazel to make friends, but as Hazel says, the only thing worse than biting it from cancer is having a kid that bites it from cancer.One day during her trip to the group, Hazel bumps into Augustus Waters (Ansel Elgort). During the meeting, Gus stares at Hazel. Patrick first calls on Gus's friend Isaac (Nat Wolff), who had a tumor in his eye and now wears a glass eye, though he is thankful because of his "smoking hot" girlfriend Monica. When Gus is called on, he says that he has been in remission from osteosarcoma after having his right leg amputated (he wears a prosthetic). Patrick asks him if he has any fears, and Gus states that he fears oblivion. Hazel shoots this down by saying that eventually, everything and everyone will be gone and forgotten, and if that scares him, he should ignore it. After the meeting, Hazel waits for her mom, and Gus comes out to chat with her. They see Isaac and Monica making out and groping each other, then repeating "Always" to one another. Gus explains to Hazel that this is their way of saying they'll always love each other. He asks Hazel her name and tells her she's beautiful. He then puts a cigarette in his mouth, which upsets Hazel because it has ruined her impression of him. Gus explains that he never smokes the cigarettes he puts between his teeth so as to not give the killing item any power. He invites Hazel to come over and watch a movie.While Gus recklessly drives to his house, he asks Hazel about her cancer story. She tells him (through flashbacks) that she was diagnosed when she was 13 and went through all the required treatment, but it wasn't working. Her lungs began to fill with water and she was treated in the ICU. Then one day, the medication she was given began to work well, which was considered to be miraculous. Hazel and Gus arrive at his home and meet his parents. He brings Hazel to the basement and asks her to tell him her real story, not her cancer story. She claims to be unremarkable, but he rejects that. He gives her a copy of his favorite book based off his favorite video game, "Counterinsurgence". Hazel, in return, recommends her favorite book, "An Imperial Affliction", which is about a girl that has leukemia, but she tells Gus that it is not necessarily a cancer story.Hazel waits for Gus to call her back, and after a few days, he texts her after finishing "An Imperial Affliction". He expresses surprise that the book ends mid-sentence (the protagonist Anna apparently dies during her narration). Hazel excuses herself from dinner to speak to Gus on the phone, but they are interrupted by Isaac wailing a song lyric in the background. Gus invites Hazel over, where she finds out that Monica broke up with Isaac, and he is having a psychotic episode. Gus allows Isaac to take out his anger on his basketball trophies. While Isaac smashes them, Gus talks to Hazel about the ending of the book, and she tells him that she has written hundreds of letters to ask the book's author, Peter Van Houten, questions about what happened after the story, such as the fate of Anna's mother and her relationship with the "Dutch Tulip Man", and Anna's pet hamster Sisyphus.One evening during a phone conversation, Gus tells Hazel that he tracked down Van Houten's assistant and got a response from a message he wrote to him. Van Houten thanked Gus for his and Hazel's interest in the novel, and that he has no current plans to write any follow-ups to "An Imperial Affliction". Hazel is surprised that it took that one e-mail to get a response. She decides to write her own e-mail back to Van Houten to ask the questions. A few days later, Hazel gets her own response from Van Houten, who also thanks her for her interest in the story, and even invites her to visit him in Amsterdam. Overjoyed, Hazel tells her mother, and while she wants to make her daughter happy, she knows she wouldn't be able to afford it. Hazel later reads the e-mail to Gus, and they stay talking until 1:00 AM. Hazel decides it's time to hang up. "Okay," Gus responds. "Okay," Hazel says back. Gus decides that "Okay" can be their "Always".Hazel tells Gus about the invitation, and Gus suggests asking the Genies (a Make-A-Wish sort of organization) to grant her this wish. Hazel states that she already used her wish to go to Disney World. Gus is disappointed that she used her wish on a cliche. A while later, Gus shows up at Hazel's home with flowers, and then invites her on a picnic to a park featuring a giant skeleton playground called Funky Bones. Gus jokes that he has brought all his romantic conquests here and that is why he is a virgin. He even illustrates this by drawing a circle in the dirt of virgins and a small circle within of 18-year-old boys with one leg. As they have their picnic, Gus tells her that he spoke to the Genies and convinced them to grant him the wish of taking Hazel to Amsterdam. She is ecstatic.Hazel wakes up in the middle of the night having trouble breathing as fluids fill her lungs. Her parents rush her to the hospital, with Gus waiting outside since he is not allowed in (family only). Hazel has the fluids drained from her lungs and she recovers. After a meeting with the doctors, they determine that she is physically unfit to travel anywhere in her condition. Hazel then has a flashback to when she was in the ICU as a child with Frannie telling her she can let go, and then sobbing to Michael that she won't be a mom anymore.Feeling dejected, Hazel sits in front of a swingset in the backyard that her father built when she was a child. She calls Gus and expresses her sadness. He comes over and they sit on the swings. He tells her that her keeping her distance from him does not lessen his affection toward her. She compares herself to a grenade and that she will blow up and destroy everything in her wake. Not wanting to hurt Gus, Hazel decides they ought to remain friends.Days later, Van Houten's assistant Lidewij e-mails Hazel to extend the invitation again after learning that they will be traveling to Amsterdam in a week. Hazel calls her mother in, and she admits that she wanted to surprise her, but they are indeed going to Amsterdam. Hazel hugs Frannie and then texts Gus. He replies, "Everything is coming up Waters!" She then looks down at her lungs and tells them to keep their shit together.Gus arrives in a limo to pick up Hazel and Frannie, declaring he wants to travel in style. On the plane, Gus becomes nervous as he's never ridden on a plane before, but he becomes excited once they take off.On their first day in Amsterdam, Hazel and Gus ride through a canal and go to a Dutch restaurant, Oranjee. Hazel wears a cute blue dress given to her by Frannie. Gus is stunned by how beautiful Hazel looks. At the restaurant, they are served Dom Perignon and they enjoy it. They have their dinner, and Gus proudly declares his love to Hazel, which puts a big smile on her face. The waiter comes by with more champagne, and he says the dinner was all paid for by Van Houten.The next day, Hazel and Gus go to meet Van Houten. They are greeted at the door by Litewij (Lotte Verbeek), who welcomes them inside. There is unopened fan mail all over the floor. The couple finds Van Houten (Willem Dafoe) in his pajamas, drinking scotch. They sit down so Van Houten can answer their questions, but he instead plays Swedish rap. Hazel starts to ask questions, such as the fate of Anna's mother and the Dutch Tulip Man, but Van Houten only responds with philosophical nonsense. Gus asks him if he's messing with them, and Van Houten makes a rude comment about Gus's cancer. He only gets worse by refusing to answer Hazel's questions and insulting her and Gus's sicknesses. Hazel and Gus storm out. Van Houten asks her why she dwells on these questions, and Hazel just tells him to go fuck himself.Lidewij, appalled by Van Houten's behavior, escorts Hazel and Gus to the Anne Frank House. Since there are no elevators, Hazel must walk up all the stairs and climb the ladder, which puts a strain on her breathing. They get up to the floor with a vocal recording of Anne Frank's diary. As the voice talks about capturing beauty, Hazel and Gus share their first kiss. The onlookers, including Litewij, applaud them. They go back to Gus's room and make love for the first time. Hazel leaves him with a drawing of the large virgin circle, and the circle of 18-year-old boys with one leg outside that big circle.On their last day, Hazel and Gus have breakfast with Frannie before walking alone together. They sit on a bench and Gus tells her that when she was in the ICU, he felt a pain in his hip and got a PET scan. Hazel already knows what he's going to tell her. Gus says the scan "lit up like a Christmas tree", and the cancer returned and spread through his body. Hazel puts her head on his shoulder and cries. Gus tries to lighten the mood by suggesting they make out.Hazel, Gus, and Frannie return to Indianapolis with Michael picking them up. A few days later, Hazel and Gus hang out with Isaac, who is now completely blind and tells them that Monica hasn't spoken to him since the break-up. To cheer him up, Hazel and Gus buy eggs, and they go to Monica's home and pelt her car with eggs.Gus calls Hazel in the middle of the night to ask her to come to the gas station to help him. She drives over there to find him sitting in his car, covered in his own mucus and vomit, with an infection in his abdomen from the G-tube. Hazel starts to call for an ambulance, despite Gus's pleas. The ambulance arrives and takes Gus away.Gus undergoes more treatment for the cancer until the doctors decide to take him off the chemo. He now requires a wheelchair to get around. Hazel takes him to Funky Bones for a picnic. He expresses his desires to have left an impact on the world before he dies and his need to live an extraordinary life. Hazel takes offense to it and tells him that he doesn't need to do all that because she and his parents love him and that it should be enough. He says he's sorry and they drink champagne.Gus calls Hazel another evening to invite her to the Literal Heart of Jesus for a gathering, and to bring a eulogy that he asked Hazel to write for him. She starts to leave but is stopped by her parents who are setting up dinner. Hazel argues with them that she will be gone and that they will be alone after hearing her mother say she won't be a mom anymore after Hazel dies. Both her parents say they will never stop loving her no matter what happens, and that Frannie is taking classes to become a speaker. Hazel becomes happy that her parents will be fulfilled even after she is gone.Hazel joins Gus and Isaac at the church for what is a "pre-funeral" for Gus, since he wants to attend his own funeral. Isaac starts off a eulogy with a touch of humor, but says that if he ever is given "robot eyes", he would deny them because he doesn't want to see a world without Gus. Hazel goes up and starts to talk about her love story with Gus before saying that there are infinite numbers between 1 and 0, and that there are countless infinities, and that she is thankful for their infinity. They both say "I love you" to each other one last time.Gus dies eight days later. The Lancasters receive a phone call in the middle of the night to hear the news. Hazel's parents walk into her room, and without a word, she knows what it is and she begins to cry. She recalls a time when undergoing treatment and the nurse asked her to rate her pain on a scale from 1 to 10. Hazel said 9, and the nurse said she was a fighter for calling a 10 a 9. She says that she was saving her 10 for this sort of occasion.A funeral is held for Gus. Hazel and her parents go, and as the preacher speaks, Hazel is surprised to see Van Houten there. Hazel is called up to speak and gives a new eulogy. After the funeral, Hazel decides to drive home alone, and Van Houten enters her car. There, she learns that he and Gus kept in touch prior to his death, and Gus told Van Houten that he could redeem himself by visiting Hazel and answering her questions. He reveals that Anna was based off Van Houten's 8-year-old daughter who died of leukemia. Before she sends him out of her car, Van Houten gives Hazel a letter, which she crumples up and throws away. She drives away and sees him drink from his flask.Hazel's dad goes to comfort her following Gus's death. Later, Isaac goes over to visit. He tells Hazel that Gus really loved her and never stopped talking about her to the point where it got annoying. He asks her if she read the letter from Van Houten, which happened to be written by Gus.The letter is a eulogy for Hazel written by Gus. We hear Gus's voice reading it, saying that he saw Hazel in the ICU while she slept, and how he thought about them together. He expresses his admiration for her beauty and personality, and adds that people can choose who hurts them. Gus liked his choice, and he hoped Hazel liked hers. He closes it with "Okay, Hazel Grace?"The film ends with Hazel still looking up at the stars, replying, "Okay."

Tags: dramatic, romantic

Review:
The pain and emotions felt by the characters felt so real, as if I was feeling the same emotions.Though this was THE SADDEST movie I have ever seen, it was also one of the most beautiful, as it truly showed how exhilarating and comforting and exciting love is.
I am a huge fan of the book and one thing which really makes the movie stand out is an amazing performance by Shailene Woodley.
Even though its a love story of a girl who has terminal cancer I wouldn't say that the film is tragic rather the film is about living your life to the fullest in your 'little infinity' If you have already read the book, the film is true to the book and the great acting, directing and music adds another dimension to the story.
I was touched by the concepts and situations on this film, being myself a survivor of 48 chemotherapy treatments, I can somehow understand the feelings.Is not a pretentious film, however full of little moments that creates a very good and convincing environment.I like both main rolls.
The story is completely credible, it can happen any time to anyone.It is an Ode for Life, it tell us that "We can and should have moments of infinite joy within a limited time" It is our choice!I liked very much this film!.
Seriously it makes the two characters feel real and alive, and at times I forgot this was fiction and not based on a true story.
As the viewer is put on an emotional roller-coaster, alongside the feelings and attitudes towards life and love the two teens share, this movie will be a key to many locked doors in the recepients minds.
And through these doors we are lead by an ensemble of actors who are amazingly sensitive in their portrayal of personalities and emotions.The writing and directing is so brilliantly executed, that you have sympathy with every character this movie so caringly brings to (short) life.
I have never met a more obnoxious and irritating character as Augustus Waters and the whole script was painfully cheesy for about 80% of the film.I strongly recommend you do not see this movie.Ever.Even if you are paid to watch it..
The only people who awed and cried over the film, were a bunch of 13-16 year old teenage "tumblr" girls, who nobody can stand by the way, and they were crying and screaming the entire screening.
In the end, everyone was annoyed, and I will do the best I can to lower the rating of the film so that everyone could see that this is the worst movie ever made.Want quality cinema?
They are portrayed to be protective of their daughter's well-being and safety but this conveniently dissipates when Hazel wanted to fly to Amsterdam with Gus. Sorry, I think this is not for a more realistic/mature audience, don't get me wrong, I love romantic films but this is sadly not my cup of tea..
watch Silver Linings Playbook for real charm, story and proper actingI've never had to skip a movie, right to the end, expecting something good and even then it was terrible.
If you want quality acting, from real actors and real directors, with real sweet charm, heart, good pacing and film editing, watch Silver Linings Playbook starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.
Unfortunately I couldn't see it that way, which has to do with the fact, that this is so by the numbers that it hardly evoked an emotional reaction (once at the airport scene with the father, but several times it was shuddering, because of the sugar overload this has).I actually was under the impression it was another Nicholas Sparks film/novel this was based on.
That wouldn't matter though, because even movie sickness is best portrayed by someone we love to watch, but the fact it lies to itself ("you are a fairy tale/movie" is what someone should tell the voice over, if it actually helped ...
However, when Hazel meets the eighteen year-old Gus (Ansel Elgort), who lost part of one leg with cancer but apparently is cured, they fall in love with each other.
They travel to Netherlands with Frannie where Hazel will learn that things are not like they seem to be."The Fault in Our Stars" is a tiresome and too long romance.
The story has a promising beginning, sort of Gus Van Sant's "Restless" and supported by the good performances and chemistry of the young lead couple, but the film should have been edited to become shorter.
I can't describe how let down I feel There is so so much attention with this movie that I had to go and watch it so many people talking about it, adverts everywhere, ,I was so excited to see this cause I am a movie and especially a love movie sucker even better sad but I could just predict everything that was going to happen next in the movie like every little bit I've seen already before like much of it from "my sisters keeper" - which I did have tears to whereas not a tear shed with this movie I just felt like the acting wasn't very good either like shailaine (however u spell it) I absolutely loved her in divergent!
But in this movie I couldn't feel her or her character :-(( i want to watch it again and see what I'm missing , this has such a high rating :( I'm so disappointed that I left the cinemas with no emotions from the movie , I mean I couldn't even feel my eyes water (forgive me for my errors).
Josh Boone's film is about two kids named Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters who fall in love with each other when they meet at a cancer support group.
1-Open The Book 2-Read It 3-Watch The Movie 4-Review The Book , and you feel that you've seen all the things you expected without any deficiencies.
Weber have done their best.About the casts, I searched, but couldn't find anyone better than Shailene Woodley as Hazel and Ansel Elgort as Gus. We've seen them before in the Divergent but here they show how good they are.
Two things would be enough to prove their abilities; The way Ansel Elgort tries to communicate with all audiences and his co star by his body language and without any dialogue and sometimes just by staring into Hazel's eyes which shows that he has overwhelmed by his role and his character and the way Hazel tries to convince you she is in love with Gus. So, they've done their job perfectly.
There is no future to plan, there is no happiness to program and pursue, there is not even joy in watching a sunset, or in listening a symphony.And if you are lucky enough in finding love and have the valour to let yourself immerse in the feeling, it will never be without remembering that "to get a Rainbow you'll had to do with the rain".So, Mr. denizmoraligil, may God forbid that you experience that "much of the same", but also may God grant you a bit of charity and understanding to be able to discover the hidden beauty that some people have the heart to let out and accept even in the dreadful monotony of every one of their days, hours and seconds.To me, this movie is a "master piece" that shades feelings, worthy of 10*..
Yes I loved it however there were things in the book I think should have been in the movie.
I was totally spellbound on seeing an 8.2 rating for this movie.IMDb rating has nowadays become wholly untrustworthy.The whole thing seemed like a soap opera series with crying tears and sentiments.If so much people are giving this rating I believe it is only for the sob.In real life this is really heartbreaking but for a movie it is sick and pathetic.The heroine does not deliver anything and the hero seems worst.The whole movie does not even require a review.It does not do the main basic reason for a film--TO ENTERTAIN(whether for crying or for laugh or for horror or any other emotion.This movie is for immature people who like to cry on seeing rubbish sentiments......
This movie can make you sad for character's but if you think deeply u will find out that its true happiness of life that those characters feel in the Amsterdam trip.
I hope to read the book in the future, if I can find it.Some times I think we need more of this kind of movie, a REAL story, there are so many violent stories on the screen these days.god Bless the cast and all that worked on this movie..
The Fault in Our Stars directed by Josh Boone is a movie which combines both drama and romance, based upon the number-one bestselling novel by John Green, explores the funny, thrilling and tragic business of being alive and in love.
Ansel Elgort is charming, life affirming as gives excellent work as a fellow cancer patient who falls madly in love with Woodley's character, Hazel Grace.
So if you like a good love story that has a little humour to it, but manages to crush you a little as well, I highly recommend this movie..
The movie delivers sweetness and young love, and it truly is sweet, but at times it loses the flavor of the book.
The three people are the protagonists Gus (Ansel Elgort, with a smile that wins all), Hazel (Shailene Woodley) and Gus's delightful sidekick Isaac (Nat Wolff, equally delightful), all cancer patients.
"The fault in our stars" is an amazing love story reminding us that it doesn't always end happily ever after.
The Fault in Our Stars is not much more than a cliché romance movie, but with one main difference - the theme of cancer.
Haha...oh we get it ..we're supposed to laugh!!...ritual sacrifice another funny topic...hahaAfter this, it seemed like karma that the guy, who instigated all this, was dying in an especially miserable way...I was thinking..see, Mr self righteous..show intolerance and you suffer!...but I think the director missed this irony...The last message ran throughout and was nihilistic on the extreme constant assertions that there's nothing after this life because their miserable disease wouldn't be allowed by a caring God, and yet also preaching about how beautiful their love was..hint..show it, Mr director don't preach it...anyway if it was just a 1 year blip in a dying works where everything just ceases to exist..then how meaningful was it anyway??Two hours misspent but yet enlightening in that I saw first hand the propaganda Hollywood is pushing on young people...sad..but lapped up like milk by the young kids watching...add they said...amaaaazing!!!.
More likely backed-up by best-selling novel from John Green, "The Fault in Our Stars" is an honest yet faithful love story which containing some positive messages to inspire teenagers.
Besides that, the movie seems taking advantages from Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort's chemistry who easily makes an adorable couple and put some sweet moments from it.
It succeeds when it exposes us to the tragic relationship between its protagonists and the loved ones around them, and fails when it aspires to find new territory of plot and redemption for characters that are already born with unlimited amounts of pathos.Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) is as much a teenage girl as any other living in the United States.
Green's novel may have been about telling a heart-breaking love story between young teens, but much like Hazel's fascination with her favourite book and the open endedness of a certain literary character, Hazel's happiness is less about coming to terms with death, and more about the continuation of the life of her loved ones.
The interactions with the people who will survive and live well beyond Hazel's existence are never given their due diligence on-screen, especially her mother (played delicately by Laura Dern), always being pushed aside by the love story that will ultimately end in unhappiness and tears.There is sure to be a reason why Green's novel has becomes such a pop culture sensation.
They meet at a support group for youngsters experiencing cancer and her favourite novel, "An Imperial Affliction", takes them to Amsterdam where nothing goes as they expect.Since the movie is based on a best-selling young adult novel by John Green, it will find a ready audience in spite of its serious subject, but those who don't know the novel (like me) will find this an impressive and moving work because of the fine acting by the two leads - Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, both of whom star in the "Divergent" series - and the assured direction by young Josh Boone.
We both were touched by the story of a couple of young adults, Hazel (Shailene Woodley) and Gus (Ansel Elgort), both of whom have cancer, and their eventual love affair.
I know that is hard topic, but let's face it,when a film about cancer is in the billboards everybody thinks is a excellent movie when the big C is present in the synopsis.
I didn't feel like I loved the movie or the book better.
I'm giving this a 3 because I gave Boyhood a 2 and I think this movie deserves slightly better.I gave Boyhood a 2 because I come from China and I know what "abysmal" means and I wanted to separate Boyhood from those films that actually deserved absolute trash.But that's it.
"Hazel" (Shailene Woodley) meets "Gus" (Ansel Elgort) at a cancer support group meeting and they basically fall in love.
This led "Hazel" "Gus" and her mother "Frannie" played by Laura Dern to take a dream trip to Amsterdam, Netherlands seeking out answers to their questions regarding Van Houten's book.The end of the movie is quite tragic and emotional, but there's a twist of irony prior to the tragic ending.
Perhaps I missed something here, but to me the movie was more about a sweet teenage love story than it was about cancer.
Ansel Elgort shares the same feat by showing off his charms, until the performance becomes a nuance when the situation has got a lot serious.The Fault in Our Stars has favored enough for the fans by being a really good and faithful adaptation of the popular book, but a better movie would deeply contemplated more on the serious stuff.
Moreover, the acting was excellent, Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort were spectacular and were the perfect choice for the characters of Hazel and Augustus.
But still, its a very beautiful romantic movie that should please many fans of the book and also those who haven't, that will end up falling in love with Hazel and Augustus.
The best thing about this film is seeing Woodley and Elgort together as Hazel and Gus. The both of them had captured so well the essential chemistry of these two star- crossed lovers as described in the book, and this saves the film from being too depressing..
I almost cried a lot through out the movie And some time this is all we need an eternal love to live in this small part of the universe..
unbelievable thought!!!Another best scene was talking about your funeral, planning and discussing it with your only loved ones...like it.Its a very good movie not only for the people who know the value of LOVE, but especially for the Humans who want to be loved but do not have an idea about the want they have ??.
Shailene Woodley was great in White Bird in a Blizzard and The Spectacular Now. Ansel Elgort wasn't the best actor along Shailene Woodley either, she overshadowed him, which didn't make for good chemistry.To me the only redeeming part was the soundtrack, which was mostly indie music which fit the mood most of the time.The Fault in Our Stars is a generic teen romance movie.
Add to that a cast of young actors (an experienced actors) who 'live' their roles and the result is a film that should be experienced by everyone.Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) and Augustus (Ansel Elgort) are two teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them on a journey.
Sharing how the story plays out would involve spoilers for those who have not read the book.The on screen chemistry between Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgot sends this film into that rarefied realm of becoming a classic.
At no point during this movie did I wish it was over, and by the end of it I felt like I was able to gain something very positive...Which, by the way, should be the objective of any film.
Girls and women, You watch this movie and love it.
The Fault in Our Stars, adapted from John Green's novel of the same name, is the story of Hazel (Shailene Woodley) and Gus (Ansel Elgort), two teenage cancer patients who meet at a support group, form a friendship and fall in love.
The film stars Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort.
I simply loved this movie although I did not read the book yet..
If I would like to say good thing on this movie or nothing, I say that everyone worked so hard to make a successful movie and touch people's feeling.
but anyways i love this movie & i want watch it now!!!
My daughter when to an advance preview, the kind where you have a live by satellite Q&A session with the stars.As a parent you do end up questioning why would you want to see a romance movie about young people with cancer?
I had a sibling who had cancer at a young age, it was horrible, a nightmare and nothing like this movie.Hazel (Shailene Woodley) has cancer.
Sympathetic turns by future stars Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort make this "teenage cancer romance" film rise above the likes of other teen aimed fare in its genre.
The first time I watched I cried, it's a truly inspiring movie that is relatable to anyone even if they don't have cancer.