50/50 (2011)
Average Rating: 7.7/10
Reviews Counted: 184
Fresh: 172 | Rotten: 12
A good-hearted film about a difficult topic, 50/50 maneuvers between jokes and drama with surprising finesse.
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 46
Fresh: 41 | Rotten: 5
A good-hearted film about a difficult topic, 50/50 maneuvers between jokes and drama with surprising finesse.
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Inspired by a true story, 50/50 is an original story about friendship, love, survival and finding humor in unlikely places. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen star as best friends whose lives are changed by a cancer diagnosis in this new comedy directed by Jonathan Levine from a script by Will Reiser. 50/50 is the story of a guy's transformative and, yes, sometimes funny journey to health - drawing its emotional core from Will Reiser's own experience with cancer and reminding us that friendship
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Cast
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Adam -
Seth Rogen
Kyle -
Anna Kendrick
Katherine, Katie -
Bryce Dallas Howard
Rachael, Rachel -
Anjelica Huston
Diane -
Serge Houde
Richard -
Andrew Airlie
Dr. Ross -
Matt Frewer
Mitch -
Philip Baker Hall
Alan -
Donna Yamamoto
Dr. Walderson -
Sugar Lyn Beard
Susan -
Yee Jee Tso
Dr. Lee -
Sarah Smyth
Jenny -
Peter Kelamis
Phil -
Jessica Parker Kenne...
Jackie -
Daniel Bacon
Dr. Phillips -
P. Lynn Johnson
Bernie -
Laura Bertram
Claire -
Matty Finochio
Ted -
Luisa D'Oliveira
Agabelle Loogenburge... -
Veena Sood
Nurse Stewart -
Jason Vaisvila
Cute Guy With Dreads -
Brent Sheppard
Minister -
Marie Avgeropoulos
Allison -
Adrian McMorran
Bartender -
Stephanie Belding
Friendly Nurse -
Andrea Brooks
Attractive Woman #2 -
Ryan W. Smith
Joe -
Karen Van Blankensti...
Nurse Scott -
William "Bigsleeps" ...
George -
Bonnie Bollivar
Elderly Female Chemo... -
Beatrice Ilg
Pretty Girl -
Chilton Crane
Mother On The Bus -
Amitai Marmorstein
Young Person On The ... -
Lauren Miller
Bodie -
Will Reiser
Greg -
Richard C. Burton
Thom the Patient -
Neil Corbett
Hospital Tech -
Karolina Sabat
Art Gallery Patron -
Christopher De Schus...
Art Gallery Patron -
Susan McLellan
Bar Girl -
Marlow the Wonderdog
Himself
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50/50 is about right.
Top CriticAdd 50/50 to your want to see list. And then make an appointment for your annual physical with your doctor.
Still, it's Gordon-Levitt's choices that continue to impress. Sure, he owned one of the most jaw-dropping sequences in last summer's blockbuster Inception. But the actor remains drawn to profoundly human-scale hurts and quiet triumphs.
Gordon-Levitt is an agreeably undemonstrative actor who plays well opposite the burbly Rogen.
Chances are about 90/10 that you'll enjoy 50/50.
Scene by scene, 50/50 can be both amusing and moving, with the tightly wound Gordon-Levitt and the boundaryless Rogen forming an oddly complementary pair. But as a whole the movie never quite coheres.
It's a film about cancer, but it never succumbs to the morose trappings of its cinematic cousins ... it's done with such a subtle grace that it's easy to forget your heart is being tugged at by filmmakers.
An honest, earnest and powerful look at a young person's battle with cancer.
Even with all its faults, it's pretty difficult not to be won over.
It's a brave plan to make a cancer movie that's moving, uplifting and pant-wettingly funny. But against the odds, it's definitely a case of remission accomplished.
Wonderfully played, with a marvelous humanity about it.
50/50 is a thoughtful and challenging story, grounded in real world characters, that also manages rewarding and cathartic laughs.
50/50 is smartly written and well acted enough to have you fully invested once it's time to find out if those titular odds come good.
In a world where we are either given silly comedies or serious dramas, Jonathan Levine manages to bring both together in perfect harmony for 50/50.
50/50 is funny, sweet, moving, well acted and touching story of friendship.
The tears are earned, no small thanks to the touching performances.
A powerfully empathetic performance by Joseph Gordon-Levitt saves 50/50 from succumbing to the annoying presence of Seth Rogen and his hophead propagandizing.
...a Gen-Y Terms of Endearment that bullseyes both the existential dilemma and piercing clarity that cancer sufferers experience.
For all of the attention 50/50 has gotten for being the 'cancer comedy', it's received not nearly enough praise for being so moving and emotionally satisfying.
Deeply affecting and admirably even-keeled...
Gordon-Levitt turns depression and despair into comedy of the edgiest kind, while making his character all the more sympathetic for his occasional outbursts of anger and aggression.
Todo está muy bien observado por el guionista Will Reiser con pinceladas de humor muy efectivo (casi siempre gentileza de Seth Rogen, que hace el mismo personaje de siempre y lo hace bárbaro) y también con algunas cuotas de emoción esperables.
This film is thin.
Will Reiser's emotionally rich script -- which is based on his own battle with cancer -- never hits a wrong note, and he finds the comedy in Adam's life as easily as the drama.
Dark humor, smart characters and a script with a heart make '50/50' one of the best films of the year. You'll take some emotions with you when you leave the theater.
[A]n honest, hilarious, laugh-till-you-cry look at how very much it sucks to get very sick as a young person... The characters are all uniquely vivid and unforgettable...
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- Adam: You're a selfish piece of shit! Care more about getting yourself fucking laid than being my friend!
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- Adam: I just want it to be over. I'm so fucking tired of being sick. You know if this surgery doesn't work, it's um, that's it. And I've never, you know, I've never been to fucking Canada. I've never told a girl I loved her. It sounds stupid, doesn't it?
- Katherine: No, it doesn't.
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- Adam: What is it, like a Doogie Howser or something?
- Katherine: Who?
- Adam: Doogie Howser? Teenage Doctor?
- Katherine: Does he work here?
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- Adam: You're dying dude.
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- Katherine: You can't change your situation. The only thing that you can change is how you choose to deal with it.
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- Adam: That's what everyone's been saying. 'You will feel better', and 'Don't worry', and 'this is all fine', and like, it's not.
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