In the opening beats of The Fault in Our Stars, Shailene Woodley's Hazel explains that every sad story can be sweetened and softened with the magic of a Peter Gabriel song. But her particular tale — of life, love, and cancer — isn't a movie, shimmering with a Hollywood happy ending. “This is the truth,” Hazel says, telling a little white lie.
Based on the acclaimed novel by John Green, The Fault in Our Stars evades teen romance tropes to embrace more mature conventions. Instead of surviving high school, Hazel struggles with lung and thyroid cancer. Her love life is an afterthought... until she meets the perfect guy. Cancer survivor Gus (Ansel Elgort) disrupts Hazel's malaise with an intoxicating carpe diem attitude. Fault's not a corny high school movie, but it's still dream-fulfillment with a GED. 500 Days of Summer writers Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber and director Josh Boone indulge in whimsical fluff only to burn it down with grief. Cancer is their dramatic trump card. Tears will flow, one way or another.
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