The Fault In Our Stars (2014)
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Critics Consensus: Wise, funny, and heartbreaking without resorting to exploitation, The Fault In Our Stars does right by its bestselling source material.
Critics Consensus: Wise, funny, and heartbreaking without resorting to exploitation, The Fault In Our Stars does right by its bestselling source material.
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Hazel and Gus are two extraordinary teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them - and us - on an unforgettable journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous, given that they met and fell in love at a cancer support group. THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, based upon the number-one bestselling novel by John Green, explores the funny, thrilling and tragic business of being alive and in love.(C) Fox- Rating:
- PG-13 (for thematic elements, some sexuality and brief strong language)
- Genre:
- Drama , Comedy
- Directed By:
- Josh Boone
- Written By:
- John Green , Michael H. Weber , Scott Neustadter
- In Theaters:
- Jun 6, 2014 Wide
- On DVD:
- Sep 16, 2014
- US Box Office:
- $124.9M
Cast
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Shailene Woodley
as Hazel -
Ansel Elgort
as Gus -
Lotte Verbeek
as Lidewij -
Laura Dern
as Frannie -
Willem Dafoe
as Van Houten -
Nat Wolff
as Isaac
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Critic Reviews for The Fault In Our Stars
All Critics (166) | Top Critics (44) | Fresh (133) | Rotten (33)
While it may not conform to one's real-life expectations it certainly hews tightly to teen-flick conventions.
The film dodges most of the pitfalls of clichéd cancer dramas with humor and natural warmth.
An emotional climax arrives every 15 minutes or so, and every affecting moment is underscored with a soppy light-rock song.
What in the name of God is wrong with me that I didn't cry once -- I, who just the day before wept through the entirety of my child's thoroughly upbeat school play.
The Fault in Our Stars is a heart-breaker for sure, but it's also a sweet, romantic film full of sudden warmth and humor. It gets everything right about being young and in love for the first time.
There's a moment when the breeziness powering the story goes away and medical reality takes over, and Elgort's performance goes to a surprising new place.
A positive and inspirational experience, far removed from cloying sentimentality. Hollywood might have lost touch with several genres in recent years, but on this evidence the weepie is back.
Devotees of the book may have some concerns, but for those willing to take this movie on its own terms, as what reviewers used to call a 'four-hanky weeper,' it's something of a wow.
You should probably not see "The Fault in Our Stars" with anyone you're trying to impress. You'll either end up a puffy, sniffling mess of tears, or you'll finish the movie dry-eyed and convince that person you're a psychopath.
Speaks truth to cancer, only to wade into the puddles of tears it jerks, then bathe there by hyper-eulogizing itself; it even reduces the Anne Frank house to a metaphor for Hazel's struggle and foreplay for the star-crossed lovers' loss of virginity. Ugh.
The Fault in Our Stars is exceptionally high-quality mainstream entertainment, a genuine work of art that exists in the often maligned sub-genre of teen girl-centric melodrama.
There are some cutesy tendencies that might pander to a certain demographic, but this sensitively rendered adaptation should expand the enthusiastic young fan base for both Green and his book.
Though at times you feel like you're being told when to cry, that doesn't mean you won't start dutifully blubbing on cue.
Moments of pain go unplumbed.
Based on the beloved novel by John Green, this film is so squarely slanted toward teen girls that it is likely to annoy everyone else.
Screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H Weber are on hand to lend an alt-indie edge that cuts through the mawkish manipulation ...
The film slowly turns into the kind of manipulative, lachrymose melodrama that Hazel herself professes to detest.
Our emotional responses feel like the human equivalent of thunder and lightning in a film anchored with the key line: 'If you want the rainbow you have to deal with the rain'.
For every nauseating moment in this cancer-related weepie, there's a lovely, thought-provoking exchange of ideas.
It paints itself into a contrived, cliché-ridden corner and, to get out of that, paints itself into yet another contrived, cliché-ridden corner, until it runs out of corners and becomes the formulaic, sentimental cancer movie you hoped it wouldn't.
No matter how emotionally bracing the film gets, there's a sense that punches are being pulled visually.
The movie will be the stuff of truth and tragedy for some; for others, crafted schmaltz with an eye on the money.
One weepie that never resorts to cheap manipulation, thanks to a wry script (based on John Green's chart-topping novel) and central performances to match ...
You have to concede the laser-guided accuracy and psychotic vehemence with which it goes for the tear duct. It's like being mugged by a professional whose skills in mixed martial arts you can't help but notice and appreciate ...
Try as you might, there's not a single damn thing you can do about The Fault in Our Stars. It's here. It exists. Suck up the saccharine, let it into your heart, and deal with it.
Audience Reviews for The Fault In Our Stars
A sugarcoated sad story, if at all, no matter what it claims at the very beginning. Not necessarily a bad one, though. It's just they mess it up at one too many places that doesn't help it in being either a praiseworthy tearjerker or a thorough light-hearted entertainer. Nevertheless, the performances are top-notch.
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"Fault in Our Stars" is the latest romantic tear jerker in the vein of "The Notebook". It's a story about 2 teenagers who fall in love while 1 is a cancer survivor who lost a leg, and the other has terminal lung cancer. While it's not going to be as remembered/loved as movies like the "Notebook", it's still better than 90 percent of the "teenage love movies". Shailene Woodley is fantastic, and one of the best young actresses out there today. I've liked her ever since "The Descendants" and she has just gotten better. Last week we watched "Divergent" and it had to trailers for her movies(this, and "Spectacular Now"), both of which Emily wanted to watch, so we(well she fells asleep during 2 of the 3), watched all 3 of em. Woodley gets better with each role, and it's going to be real interesting to see where her career goes. Ansel Elgort plus her love interest Gus, and he is fantastic also. The kid has some great charisma, and they have excellent chemistry together. The million dollar question for this movie to everyone is, did you cry? I must be pretty heartless because I did not. There was a scene towards the end where I felt a tear coming along, but something happened in the movie that took me out of it, and that was it. I fully expect every female out there that watches this to ball their eyes out(and well most of the guys will too). But, it's not nearly as "sad" as you would expect. It's pretty uplifting as a reminder to live each day to the fullest. Good movie that's definitely worth checking out.
MoreSuper Reviewer
A bittersweet rollercoaster of a ride. A beautifully acted and heart felt story but I wasn't blown away!
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Super Reviewer
A bittersweet and occasionally honest little romance that falters trying too hard to be cute (Hazel and Augustus, seriously?) and is ridden with too much sappiness. Still, it's the extremely adorable (and surprisingly talented) leads who compensate for the movie's clichés.
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The Fault In Our Stars Quotes
- Van Houten:
- The important thing is not what nonsense the voices are saying... but what the voices are feeling.
- Gus:
- The tomato is Mexican.
- Hazel:
- How dare you?
- Gus:
- It's a good life, Hazel Grace.
- Gus:
- We may not look like much, but between us, are five legs, four eyes and two and a half working pair of lungs. But we also have two dozen eggs. So, I suggest you go back inside.
- Gus:
- I'm on a rollercoaster that only goes up, my friend.
- Gus:
- It's a good life Hazel Grace
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