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The Fault in Our Stars

PG-13 Released Jun 6, 2014 2h 6m Romance Drama List
81% Tomatometer 226 Reviews 85% Popcornmeter 100,000+ Ratings
Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley), a 16-year-old cancer patient, meets and falls in love with Gus Waters (Ansel Elgort), a similarly afflicted teen from her cancer support group. Hazel feels that Gus really understands her. They both share the same acerbic wit and a love of books, especially Grace's touchstone, "An Imperial Affliction" by Peter Van Houten. When Gus scores an invitation to meet the reclusive author, he and Hazel embark on the adventure of their brief lives.
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Wise, funny, and heartbreaking without resorting to exploitation, The Fault In Our Stars does right by its bestselling source material.

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Wendy Ide Times (UK) The subject matter — a pair of teenage cancer sufferers meet and fall in love — could have been mawkish mush, but there’s a sharp, abrasive wit and anger that tempers the tear-jerking with humour. Feb 13, 2023 Full Review Rachel Fields Bitch Media The reason that The Fault in Our Stars works so well is that its main draw (the teenage love story) is tied so expertly to its emotional core (Hazel's relationship with her parents). Jan 21, 2021 Full Review Jim Slotek Toronto Sun The Fault In Our Stars could indeed become this generation's Love Story -- mildly implausible, but genuinely moving. Rated: 4/5 Jan 6, 2015 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies It actually presents us with situations and a relationship that feels genuine yet uncertain because of the dark cloud hanging over it. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 20, 2022 Full Review Richard Crouse Richard Crouse My biggest complaint about the whole experience was being splashed by the tears of my fellow moviegoers. Bring a towel. Rated: 3.5/5 Feb 1, 2021 Full Review Leigh Paatsch Herald Sun (Australia) The winning combo of the shamelessly melodramatic and the slyly mischievous that powers the movie owes much to yet another pitch-perfect lead performance from Woodley. Rated: 4/5 Nov 17, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Richard R Having watched this movie in my late 50's and see it more than once, I'm not 61 I have to say it takes the subject matter and does not use the usual non-sense. It's beautifully written and acted. The only thing I ever wondered about was why did the hospitals not allow non-family to visit. Hospital rules have been far more relaxed than that forever. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/05/24 Full Review Jonathan K TEAR. JERKER. But yet I feel like this movie is crazy manipulative, with the soundtrack, the dialogue that could only happen when lines are prepared, and the pristinely moving speeches. It's sooo melodramatic and as such probably made more for teens and college kids with frontal lobes still in development than grown adults, but yet... it worked? Even when I knew that I was watching something supremely cheesy and formulated to jerk them tears, it still got to me. There is some really solid acting by Shailene Woodley, but in my opinion, this was a pretty inauspicious start as a lead actor to Ansel Elgort's career. He wasn't good. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/25/24 Full Review Guto G I related to this film more than I would like to admit Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/10/24 Full Review maijke v this movie made me cry so much but it was absolutely amazing and magical to see how even real life contributes to that of how it's not perfect and that you will always be remembered it touched a special place in my heart, to appreciate the values of life itself Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/17/24 Full Review Audience Member Still one of the best films of 2014! A decade later and this works so well with solid acting, a beautiful love story, and some amazing leads Based on the book by John Greene inspired by Julius Caesar and directed by Josh Boone starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort It's one of those cancer love stories we are very familiar with but the solid chemistry of its co-stars makes it difficult to turn away rather than coming off as a disease of the week movie Hazel is a young teenager diagnosed with lung cancer at a very young age and to her she's a grenade meaning she could blow up everyone's lives in an instant never knowing if she'll live a life without worrying about her health She's also never experienced true love All that changes when she meets Gus at a support group she's reluctant to go to Both of them hit it off very well slowly blooming into a cute romance Hazel also has this dream of meeting her favorite author of her favorite book in Germany and thanks to Gus it may be possible so she can finally understand the ending Hazel and Gus also have their buddy Issac who's reeling from a breakup I'm not gonna lie i did wipe my eyes from tears a few times The two leads have such incredible personalities and sell their relationship I absolutely loved the parents in this played by both Laura Dern and Sam Trammell, heck I wish they were in the movie more because they're so lovable The soundtrack is also very cool and when they go to Germany it's very uplifting The look of the film is also very crisp and clear Life doesn't have to be perfect for love to be extraordinary, it doesn't matter if you're loved by all only one person is enough, pain demands to be felt, cancer is one thing but two people falling for each other is so much stronger Boone and the cast make for a very heartfelt, heartbreaking, and effective love story that makes itself stand out from the typical films most viewers know And it isn't made to manipulate or exploit its subject matter Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/06/24 Full Review Hargie M While the film may have brought tears to my eyes more than once, it also left me with a profound sense of hope and gratitude for the beauty of life and love. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/10/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley), a 16-year-old cancer patient, meets and falls in love with Gus Waters (Ansel Elgort), a similarly afflicted teen from her cancer support group. Hazel feels that Gus really understands her. They both share the same acerbic wit and a love of books, especially Grace's touchstone, "An Imperial Affliction" by Peter Van Houten. When Gus scores an invitation to meet the reclusive author, he and Hazel embark on the adventure of their brief lives.
Director
Josh Boone
Producer
Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen
Screenwriter
Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Temple Hill
Rating
PG-13 (Some Sexuality|Brief Strong Language|Thematic Elements)
Genre
Romance, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 6, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 4, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$124.9M
Runtime
2h 6m
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