We too often think of people with cancer as perpetually depressed. Though the film centers around two teenagers with cancer, it avoids being too forlorn and is filled to the brim with comedic moments. “Pain demands to be felt” is an oft repeated quote from Hazel’s favorite book. The film centers on the theme of pain, which people either face head on or attempt to run away from. But the film does not solely focus on their romance, it explores the idea of heroes and the inevitable disappointment that follows meeting them when the pair meet Hazel’s all-time favorite author, Peter Van Houten. Hazel is initially tentative about entering into a relationship with anyone as a terminal cancer patient, but the two find themselves together. The film follows the quirky and independent Hazel Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) who has terminal cancer and her relationship and Augustus Waters (Ansel Elgort) who experienced a bout of cancer a year and a half prior. Thankfully, “The Fault In Our Stars” is much more like “Garden State” than “Safe Haven.” Thankfully this movie avoids the Nicholas Sparks approach to the genre that quite frankly, makes most people makes most people want to gag rather than shed cathartic tears. No doubt many rolled their eyes when seeing the trailer for “The Fault In Our Stars,” a film based on the book by internet hero John Green. The modern love story has become so overdone and predictable that most serious appreciators of cinema have grown tired and cynical of romance films.
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