The Fault in Our Stars

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The Fault in Our Stars

PG-13

Released Jun 6, 2014

2h 6m

Romance

Drama

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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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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Amanda L

The kind of movie that inspires you to read the book. The kind that turns you into a waterfall of cascading epiphanies and leaves music and poetry to play in your mind long after the story has ended.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/14/25

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Julian Rex M

The picture could've found more emotional resonance if it had properly explored the character of Augustus Waters, but for enthusiastic readers of the novel, The Fault in Our Stars stands as a surprisingly charming--and funny--book-to-film adaptation.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/04/25

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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

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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

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Guto G

I related to this film more than I would like to admit

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/10/24

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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

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Josh Boone

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Shailene Woodley

Hazel Grace Lancaster

Ansel Elgort

Augustus Waters

Willem Dafoe

Peter Van Houten

Nat Wolff

Isaac

Laura Dern

Frannie Lancaster

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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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