Review of The Fault in Our Stars (2014) by Vicki06 — 04 Jul 2016

When this movie was released I didn't want to take a chance on watching it because I had had enough of everything related to Cancer. But I did want to watch it! At the end of 2015 I prepared myself to just enjoy the movie and shut out the pain, suffering, etc.

Best movie I had seen in over a year! I have seen it since that first viewing and I never grow tired of it. It isn't depressing, it is life affirming. The writers did a fantastic job getting in so much good, valuable material but never taking their focus off the main point.

It is so much more that a love story, a heartbreaking story, a life affirming story it is just glorious. I am constantly surprised at my normal reactions to movies I see, I don't normally seem to get out of most movies what other people take away from them, but in this case I hope people watch the movie and pay attention to every part of it.

This isn't a movie you want to get side tracked while watching. I think the last movie I rated a 10 was "Sound of Music", although maybe a couple others through the years. The idea that this was a "sappy" movie or any other such adjective just means that either the person wasn't "open" to the movie, didn't feel the depth of emotions of all kinds, didn't pay attention or possibly just hasn't lived enough life to begin to see what the movie offered.

I don't remember crying at all, I was a little too busy staying focused on everything else going on in the movie. The movie "Dying Young" with all it's great acting, story and everything else just doesn't come close to this movie.