Along with said actors/actresses above, the movie also features Willem Dafoe, as the author that Hazel and Augustus bond over, along with Nat Wolff, who plays Isaac, their hilarious and literally-blind, third-wheeling best friend. With a quirky cast backing it up, it is the most entertaining “cancer movie” I have ever seen. It wasn’t the typical tragedy audiences would expect it is witty, unconventional, and as much light-hearted as it is heart-wrenching. However, I was incredibly pleased that this movie has the power to make you laugh even more than it does to make you cry. This is the story of two young, sarcastic, light-hearted cancer patients that fall in love despite the supposed limitations of their “condition”. Augustus Waters (Ansel Elgort), is the one who quickly and un-hesitantly falls in love with the girl who already settled with the cards that life had dealt her. This involves being forced into going to a support group, and unexpectedly results in her meeting another caring character. To that end, she lives her life to please them. For her, death is inevitable, and her goal in life is not to accept her imminent peril, for she has already done that, but to make sure that her charismatic, caring parents, played by Laura Dern and Sam Trammell, can accept it as well. Hazel Grace Lancaster, played by Shailene Woodley, is a 17 year old cancer patient. Director Josh Boone, known for his work dealing with the complexities of love, took charge of this acclaimed novel and made it cinematic. Readers fell in love with the book that aimed to portray the simple, indelicate life of those who live with cancer, or those who are dying of cancer- the point is to show the audiences the difference. Adapted from John Green’s novel, The Fault in Our Stars had a following before the first movie trailer.
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