Saturday, June 7, 2014
The Fault in Our Stars
As a straight middle aged man, there are certain genres of film I have no business reviewing under the guise of being a proper film critic. This includes movies targeted towards pre-teens, teens, and women. Nevertheless, I see a lot of movies and always offer my opinion here, regardless if it will represent that of the target demographic for the movie.
I must admit I wasn't expecting to love this movie, though like most of us I do find Shailene Woodley adorable. (And if you haven't seen both The Descendants and The Spectacular Now and you call yourself a Woodley fan then shame on you.) And I must say that for the first third of the movie I wasn't really feeling it, seeming like I was too old for this Twilight-esque romance among the terminally ill. But just when I was about to slap this movie with a mediocre C, it began to win me over. It took me in directions I wasn't expecting, and yes it even moved me. While the rest of the audience were digging in their purses for tissues, struggling to hold back an explosion of tears, I actually got mildly choked up. And that's more than I expected. So, well done.
Grade: B+
Who is this movie for? Hopeless romantics will love it.
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Nice to see your soft side :)
ReplyDelete:) Just don't spread it around!
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