Wednesday, August 19, 2015

The Fault in our Stars (2014) Caution; Spoiler Alert

The Fault in our Stars

 The Fault in Our Stars (2014) Poster

Came out; 2014
Time; 126 Minutes

Watched on; Showtime on Demand

Rating; PG-13 for thematic elements, some sexuality and brief strong language

IMDB Rating; 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes Score; Tomatoemeter 80%, Average Rating 6.8/10, Reviews Counted 198, Fresh 159, Rotten 39. 85% Liked it

Caution; Spoiler Alert


Synopsis; Two teens, both who have different cancer conditions, fall in love after meeting at a cancer support group.


Staring;
Shailene Woodley as Hazel
Ansel Elgort as Gus
Nat Wolff as Isaac
Laura Dern as Frannie (Hazel’s mother)
Sam Trammell as Michael (Hazel’s father)
Willem Dafoe as Van Houten
Lotte Verbeek as Lidewij


Thoughts;
I didn’t know when this came out that it was a book before it was a movie.  I wanted to watch it even though it was a sappy movie and I generally don’t like those. I ended up getting the book as a prize winning and read it. It was pretty good.

I generally will look up the movies as I’m watching them to see who the actors are. Immediately I found it strange that they cast Shailene and Ansel as “love interests” in this movie when they were brother and sister in the Divergent series.

The movie follows very closely with the book. There are always little things that need to be cut when turning a book into a movie, books can give us more small details. This movie was already pretty long as most movies are now. It followed pretty close to the book, it was really good and the characters played it beautifully.





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