The Fault in Our Stars

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The Fault in Our Stars is a 2014 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Josh Boone, based on the novel of the same name by John Green. The film stars Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, and Nat Wolff, with Laura Dern, Sam Trammell, and Willem Dafoe in supporting roles.

Woodley plays Hazel Grace Lancaster, a sixteen-year-old cancer patient who is forced by her parents to attend a support group, where she subsequently meets and falls in love with Augustus Waters, portrayed by Ansel Elgort.

The film was released on June 5, 2014 in Australia and New Zealand and on June 6, 2014 in the United States. It is scheduled to be released on June 19, 2014 in the United Kingdom, and July 10, 2014 in the Netherlands. Principal filming took place in Pittsburgh, United States with a few additional days in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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[GoldenFleece]

The movie opened at #1 with $48 million last weekend. There was a big rush factor Friday, but it's held pretty well during the week so far.

There's a bit of drama about the sequence at the Anne Frank House (spoiler alert). The book at least points out that

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"Anne Frank, after all, kissed someone in the Anne Frank House"

but it seems like inserting the memory of such a historical figure into your own work is a rather easy way to aim for sentiment and poignancy. But it is a story about kids with cancer falling in love, so maybe that goes with the territory.

[addison]

Vulture had a funny article about Gus calling him a manic pixie dream guy and made a pretty good case of it. Now I kind of want to see the movie to see if he's really that bad.

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Young couple's life similar to Fault In Our Stars.

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I finally watched this movie, and I couldn't wait for it to end. And I guess I must be evil, because I didn't shed one tear. I seriously couldn't stand Augustus.

[ladyboy]

I just watched it on a plane, and Gus was smug, with sausage lips. But Shailene Woodley is a good actress - I'll give her that. The story was schmaltzy. I had read the book and quite liked it, but the movie, not so much.