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A good-hearted film about a difficult topic, 50/50 maneuvers between jokes and drama with surprising finesse.
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Gordon-Levitt always suggests an actor with his heart in the right place and an urgent need to remind viewers of all the pain and tumult beneath the surface of things. January 17, 2020 | Full Review…
Gordon-Levitt always suggests an actor with his heart in the right place and an urgent need to remind viewers of all the pain and tumult beneath the surface of things.
Felicia Feaster
A surprisingly low-key drama with humorous moments, this is an honest and heartfelt piece of work -- a straightforward but genuinely honest look at dealing with adversity. May 7, 2019 | Full Review…
A surprisingly low-key drama with humorous moments, this is an honest and heartfelt piece of work -- a straightforward but genuinely honest look at dealing with adversity.
Micheal Compton
It's good "50/50" is the kind that stays with you, perhaps a generation from now being namechecked for comfort just as "Terms of Endearment" is in this film. January 8, 2019 | Full Review…
It's good "50/50" is the kind that stays with you, perhaps a generation from now being namechecked for comfort just as "Terms of Endearment" is in this film.
Stephen Saito
Rogen is a funnyman who's growing up without losing any of his ribald charm. January 5, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Rogen is a funnyman who's growing up without losing any of his ribald charm.
Kelly Jane Torrance
Its generic format and predictable narrative arc relegates the film to being a 'solid' date movie, at best a middling drama-comedy that will more than likely be quickly forgotten. December 5, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Its generic format and predictable narrative arc relegates the film to being a 'solid' date movie, at best a middling drama-comedy that will more than likely be quickly forgotten.
Joseph Walsh
Director Jonathan Levine manages to treat cancer with the respect it deserves whilst also showing the remarkable ability of humans to find laughter in the most heinous of circumstances. November 6, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Director Jonathan Levine manages to treat cancer with the respect it deserves whilst also showing the remarkable ability of humans to find laughter in the most heinous of circumstances.
Kaleem Aftab
So wrapped up in Hollywood convention that not even Seth Rogen can lift this out of the Lifetime Movie for Hipsters aisle August 28, 2018 | Full Review…
So wrapped up in Hollywood convention that not even Seth Rogen can lift this out of the Lifetime Movie for Hipsters aisle
Pat Padua
An intelligent film that does not aim to make you cry, but to present the harsh reality of a young man for whom being diagnosed with cancer at 27 years old is the last thing he expected. [Full review in Spanish] March 14, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
An intelligent film that does not aim to make you cry, but to present the harsh reality of a young man for whom being diagnosed with cancer at 27 years old is the last thing he expected. [Full review in Spanish]
Laura Hiros
It's a truly moving story that, despite a tendency toward the facile, never relies on tricks to make us feel something. October 23, 2017 | Full Review…
It's a truly moving story that, despite a tendency toward the facile, never relies on tricks to make us feel something.
Sarah Marrs
It isn't sentimental, schmaltzy or melodramatic, which isn't to say that it isn't touching, because it is; only you'll be smiling instead of breaking out the tissues. September 28, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It isn't sentimental, schmaltzy or melodramatic, which isn't to say that it isn't touching, because it is; only you'll be smiling instead of breaking out the tissues.
Yasmin Shehab
Cancer's guaranteed to shake your life up. What if you discovered you had a 50/50 chance to live? If your life's stuck in a rut getting cancer can actually be a good thing, and this movie shows why. July 13, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Cancer's guaranteed to shake your life up. What if you discovered you had a 50/50 chance to live? If your life's stuck in a rut getting cancer can actually be a good thing, and this movie shows why.
Mark Jackson
Gordon-Levitt is so good he compensates for the film's lacks, even if he can't erase them... 50/50 isn't quite worthy of this performance, but that doesn't mean it isn't occasionally elevated toward something special by encompassing it. March 30, 2016 | Full Review…
Gordon-Levitt is so good he compensates for the film's lacks, even if he can't erase them... 50/50 isn't quite worthy of this performance, but that doesn't mean it isn't occasionally elevated toward something special by encompassing it.
Dennis Harvey
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