The Fault in our Stars

 

Overview:

Genre: Romance/Drama

Duration: 2h6m

Age rating: 13+ (disturbing themes of terminal illness and death)

Release Date: June 19th 2014

Distributor: 20th Century Fox

Where to watch: Disney+ (subscription)

Director: Josh Boone - an american filmmaker best known for writing and directing he romantic comedy Stuck in Love and the superhero horror film The New Mutants. He was born on April 5th 1979

Cast: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, John Green, Nat Wolff and Laura Dern

Plot

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.

My personal opinion

I would give this movie a 9/10 - it was so well acted out. I could just feel the pain, heart ache, sadness and the tragicness as well as the love, happiness, excitement and epicness. It made me smile, tear up, laugh and then cry over and over again! I love how Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort really brought these characters and their pain and emotion to life! 

My favourite quotes from this film are...

1. 'She didn't want a million admirers. She just wanted one. And she got it. Maybe she wasn't loved widely, but she was loved deeply. And isn't that more than most of us get?' 
2. “I will not tell you our love story, because—like all real love stories—it will die with us, as it should.”
3. "Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.”
4. “As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”