You run into a few surprises every now and again. While The Fault In Our Stars may appear to be another cash-cow chick flick to rob money from un-inlighted teenage girls ala Twilight style, The Fault in Our Stars actually carries a few good surprises that will relieve your theater experience when you're unwillingly dragged to see this movie by your girlfriend.
Hazel Grace is a young charming woman that suffers from a deadly cancerous disease she conceived at a young age. She has lived every day of her life since her diagnosis knowing that this may be her last day on this earth, putting her in a state of depression. Her parents want her to step out of her despair, live life to the fullest while she still can, so they suggest Hazel go to a support group for other 'survivors'. Hazel hesitantly agrees to go, but only because she wants to make her parents happy, it seems to be the only thing she cares about now. To Hazel's surprise, she actually meets someone at the support group, a young charismatic man, Augustus. "Gus" suffers from the same deadly disease that she does, but that doesn't hold his charismatic charm back from befriending Hazel, they instantly click, becoming friends and potential lovers. But there is a problem, there's always a problem when you have a cancerous disease, Hazel is dying. She's a 'Grenade', a 'time bomb' if you will, and she doesn't want to hurt those around her when she eventually explodes. Fortunately, Gus shows her that life is worth living to its fullest, especially when your days are numbered. Gus shows her life as it was meant to be lived. Gus gives her a reason to live, Gus rescued her from despair, her hero, and of course they fall in love. Tackling their lives with optimism that shows they are willing to live the rest of their lives to the fullest.
From its heartwarming moments, heartbreaking moments, to its cringe-worthy and corny moments, The Fault In Our Stars delivers. Not only does it deliver in making the theater experience with your girlfriend much more pleasant, it delivers in taking a dead genre and reviving it with a fresh and new take that actually has heart. Not only does the movie have heart and deliver, it has vivid and realistic characters. Even though some of the lead actors' dialogue may be a little corny at times, the characters feel real. You feel what these characters are feeling; whenever someone is sad, you feel sad with them; whenever someone is happy, you feel happy right with them; whenever someone starts to cry, you, dare I say it, cry right with them. Huge props to the director and screenwriter for that. Behind the charm and vivid charisma of the characters, the movie has a strong message: live everyday of your life like its your last, because you never know when its gonna end. And a movie with a strong and positive message is a win, in my book.
"Life is a like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get, and you never know when you're gonna run out of chocolates, live life to its fullest, even if you know you're going to eventually run out of cocoa."
The Fault In Our Stars 8/10
"Life is a like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get, and you never know when you're gonna run out of chocolates, live life to its fullest, even if you know you're going to eventually run out of cocoa."
The Fault In Our Stars 8/10
