This is a sensitive and delightful portrayal of a young man's fight
against the big C, Cancer.
Gordon-Levitt has back problem and he finds
out that he has cancerous growth in his spinal cord.
Rogen is his close
friend who helps him in these trying times. However, he also uses him
for getting laid himself.
Anna Kendrick is the psychotherapist who
counsels Levitt and slowly begins falling for him. Philip Baker Hall is
an old cancer patient whom Levitt meets in the hospital. Angelica
Houston plays his mother who has her hands full what with a husband who
is suffering from Alzheimer's and a son recently diagnosed with cancer.
The acting is great all round with Levitt and Rogen outperforming every
one else due to their great chemistry and fantastic characters.
Rogen
gets to mouth some very hilarious lines. The direction is very balanced
and Levine never makes this an over the top sentimental affair.
The
travails of a person who has just learnt he has cancer are shown in a
realistic manner.I liked it quite a bit.
In Hindi movies, the cancer
patient is shown as a hero who is running around, uniting lovers and
shaking his ass at weddings. Wish the Hindi film makers could learn
something from a movie like this.
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