fatin-husien Oh my gosh how on earth did a movie this bad get a rating so high.. I swear I am losing trust in the IMDB rating.. where do I start .. the Hazel thing was so unlikable.. so flat, unbelievable .. not for one second did I believe that she went through any pain.. let alone cancer ! The boy is so polished and perfect looking that he is not believable as a normal guy .. let alone an amputee ! And a cancer survivor!? And assuming he is virgin is just .. crazy at best ! The storyline is so fictional you can't engage ! Yeah right he gave his wish to a girl he didn't even kiss yet .. the doctor said A CLEAR NO , yet her mother took her .. despite the fact that she went to the emergency room shortly before that ! Am a mother and would never approve this . And as if it couybe crazier, they add the rude author thing .. who on the face of the earth talks like this to a sick girl who is enthusiastic about his book !?? And we never learn why ?! And if hebis so crazy why just why did the woman invite them ? And couldn't she at least moved the messy mail minutes before they came ? No just NO! And then they kiss , and people clap ? Why just why , then there was the love scene which was so boring I checked my instagram.. then the guy ( who doesn't have a single scratch on his face or not even a black under his eyes , not even a tired face) decides to tell her he is dying (despite looking strangly alive and spotless) .. she cries with artificial tears .. I have been in a cancer hospital, I have seen cancer patients.. I have seen people in pain, people dying .. They look nothing like that .. they talk nothing like that .. they are deep and painful to just deal with ..oh I can go on but I don't have time for this rubbish and it already stole two precious hours of my time.. its just that it was so bad I felt responsible to add my voice to those who have a sound mind !!! ..

bluebird-95447 When you first watch it, it seems like a perfectly harmless and sad tale...but look a little deeper. I mean first of all, cancer-stricken teens are not this HOT. And why is their death being romanticized? and why do they KISS IN THE ANNE FRANK HOUSE???? Sorry but you can do whatever you want to your fictional sick people, but Anne was a real person, and she wasn't sick, she was murdered, and using her memory as the BACKDROP for a romantic moment is disgusting. And why does everyone in the museum clap? So bizarre, borderline offensive, totally bland white people weepy.

Jackson Booth-Millard I saw the trailer for this movie, obviously it was marketed as a big tearjerker movie, the title comes from a quote from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, for we are underlings", it basically means that the fault is in the lead characters stars, I hoped for something worth my time. Basically teenager Hazel Grace Lancaster (Divergent's Shailene Woodley) lives in Indianapolis, she has terminal thyroid cancer that has spread to her lungs. Her mother Frannie (Laura Dern) believing her to be depressed urges to attend a weekly cancer patient support group to make friends with people going through the same thing. There Hazel meets charging teenager Augustus "Gus" Waters (Baby Driver's Ansel Elgort), he lost his leg from bone cancer, but has since apparently been cancer-free, they bond at his house over their hobbies. They both agree to read each other's favourite book, Hazel recommends An Imperial Affliction, a novel about a cancer-stricken girl named Anna that parallels her experience, and Augustus gives Hazel Counter Insurgence. They keep in touch via text over the weeks that follow and grow closer, Gus expresses frustration when finishing the book, having an abrupt ending (it ends in the middle of a sentence), Hazel tells that the mysterious author Peter Van Houten (Willem Dafoe) retreated to Amsterdam after the book's publication, he has not been heard from since. Weeks later, Gus tells Hazel he has traced Van Houten's assistant, Lidewij (Lotte Verbeek), Hazel corresponds with Van Houten by email, she writes wanting to find out more about the novel's ambiguous ending, Van Houten replies that he is only willing to answer her questions in person. Hazel asks her mother if she can travel to Amsterdam to visit him, but Frannie refuses because of financial and medical difficulties, Gus suggests she uses her Make-A-Wish Foundation "cancer wish", but she has already used it to go to Disney World. Gus and Hazel go on a picnic date and begin to fall in love, he surprises her with tickets to Amsterdam, there is a medical setback, but Hazel's doctors allow the trip, they expect that she will soon become incapable of doing anything at all. Hazel and Gus arrive in Amsterdam, they have reservations at an expensive restaurant, paid for by Van Houten, during the meal, Gus confesses his love for Hazel. The following afternoon, they meet Van Houten at his house, but are shocked to find he is an alcoholic, Lidewij paid for the trip and the dinner without his knowledge, angered he taunts Hazel for seeking answers, and belittles her medical condition. Hazel leaves, utterly distraught, Lidewij invites them to go sightseeing to make up for their ruined experience, the three visit the Anne Frank Museum, where Hazel struggles up the stairs. Gus and Hazel spend that night together in their hotel and have sex for the first time, the next day Gus tells her that his cancer has returned and spread throughout his body and is terminal, Hazel is heartbroken, expressing how unfair life can be. Returning to Indianapolis, Gus' health worsens, he is taken to the ICU and realizes he is close to death. Gus invites his blind best friend Isaac (Nat Wolff) and Hazel to his pre-funeral, where they deliver eulogies that they have both prepared, Hazel tells him she would not trade their short time together for anything. Gus dies eight days later, Hazel is astonished to see Van Houten at the funeral, he tells her that Gus had demanded he attend his funeral to make up for the spoiled trip. Van Houten tells her that his novel is based on the experiences of his daughter Anna, who died at a young age from leukemia, he gives a piece of paper, she screws it up and asks him to leave. Later, talking with Isaac, Hazel learns that Gus had asked Van Houten to help him write a eulogy for her, she retrieves the screwed-up paper, it is Gus writing about accepting his death and about his love for her. She lies on her back on her lawn looking up at the stars, smiling as she remembers Augustus and says: "Okay", they're special way of saying "I love you". Also starring True Blood's Sam Trammell as Michael Lancaster, Ana Dela Cruz as Dr. Maria, Randy Kovitz as Dr. Simmons, David Whalen as Gus' Dad and Milica Govich as Gus' Mom. Woodley gives a charming performance, whilst constantly wearing the breathing tubes, Elgort is endearing despite some cheesy dialogue, they are a believable doomed couple, obviously it is full of sentimentality and mushiness, and manipulative bits that try to draw tears, but it is also witty and amusing in the right places, it's not a bad romantic drama. Worth watching!

juneebuggy Really great adaption of the young adult novel. Enjoyed this one a lot. Funny and heartbreaking. Shailene Woodley & Ansel Elgort are fantastic, seeming very comfortable with each other and are addictive to watch, you don't want their story to end.We follow them from their meeting in a cancer support group and through their whirlwind romance which takes them to Amsterdam to meet the very nasty Willem Dafoe, a reclusive and mostly drunk author of a book that has touched their lives. Ultimately this trip teaches both of them what it means to truly be alive.Willem Dafoe plays the bad man to perfection, Laura Dern as the mother is great. This teen romance felt very mature to me because of what they've both faced. Worth a watch even if your not a teen but be warned, you'll feel kinda wrecked afterwards.