The Fault in Our Stars

"Life doesn't have to be perfect for love to be extraordinary."

2014 2h 6m EN

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7.6

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★7.6TMDB · 11,732

RomanceDrama

Synopsis

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Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

“Life doesn't have to be perfect for love to be extraordinary.”

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Cast

Shailene Woodley
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Ansel Elgort
Augustus Waters
Nat Wolff
Isaac
Laura Dern
Frannie Lancaster
Sam Trammell
Michael Lancaster
Willem Dafoe
Peter van Houten
Lotte Verbeek
Lidewij Vliegenthart
Ana Dela Cruz
Dr. Maria

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Josh Boone
Writers: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Grossed $307M — a 21.9× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Josh Boone, shot by Ben Richardson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mike Mogis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Robb Sullivan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort and Nat Wolff carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Life doesn't have to be perfect for love to be extraordinary.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2582846 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Josh Boone directs. Ben Richardson behind the camera. Mike Mogis scores. Robb Sullivan cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Grossed $307M — a 21.9× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
2Released 12 years ago.
3Directed by Josh Boone, shot by Ben Richardson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Mike Mogis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Robb Sullivan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort and Nat Wolff carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Life doesn't have to be perfect for love to be extraordinary.".
8IMDB entry: tt2582846 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
911,732 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
10Classified under 15 themes, including "based on novel or book", "support group", "amsterdam, netherlands", "cancer".
11Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Ben Richardson
Original score: Mike Mogis
Editing: Robb Sullivan
Production design: Molly Hughes
Costume design: Mary Claire Hannan
Makeup / hair: Doug Fairall
VFX supervisor: Jake Braver
Sound: Andy Nelson
Runtime: 126 min · 2h 6m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $14,000,000
Box office: $307,166,834
Return: 2194% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Fault in Our Stars (2014)

Awards

Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie - Drama

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OSEANSADITYA2014-07-10
Good movie and give alot of spirits to all people who had cancer
Reno2014-11-12
★ 8/10
The director might be soaring after back to back success. Interestingly, both the films dealt with writers, but the main themes were romance. He's just a two movie old and now the movie goers can expect eagerly for his next venture. This movie was based on the teen novel of the same name about a 16-years-old cancer patient. Hazel Grace, who is battling between life and death is also a strong fighter against all the odds. When her mother sends her to attend the group therapy she meets Augustus Water, a fellow member. As she is being sarcastic, Waters finds an interesting character in her. A friendship develops and they spend more time together. Even knowing there will no future together, the relationship progress and how everything ends is the rest. Usually cancer themed movies are called tearjerker films. Surprisingly, this movie's aim was different. Of course emotion strikes, but the story narration and character developments were the basic goal. Three-fourth of the movie was well told story about teen romance. The afterwards account begins with a twist which were portrayed in the usual manner. Like all the movies, kept sentiments in the last part. The last quarter was very predictable, but they avoided cliche as much possible. ‘‘Apparently, the world is not a wish-granting factory.’’ The parents' role was kind of mysterious one, that diverts viewer from their anticipation. Interesting it also creates some doubts. Compared to the previous movie 'The Spectacular Now', Shailene Woodley looked completely different. That means the physical transformed to look a perfect 16 year old was amazing. Her performance as well gives an impression that the Hollywood's future Academy award grabbing the female lead is on making. At this rate she can do that like Jennifer Lawrence did. As for the lead actor, it is a good breakthrough and expecting the same result from his next movie as well. This movie, which runs over a 2 hour was smartly sliced the contents and organized those on the right spots. Many had agreed it was a fine cinema transformation from a book. So you can try this, but be careful because nowadays most of the teens movies are overrated because of the overwhelmed teen audience. The warning meant only for the older people. I'm sure the youngster will love this movie, I mean most of them.
CinemaSerf2024-03-14
★ 6/10
Ok, yes - it's cheesy and at times quite nauseatingly sentimental, but it is also at times quite a touching story as two determined people who meet over a gentle meal of chemotherapy. "Hazel" (Shailene Woodley) - never without her portable oxygen cyclinder - attends a support group where she encounters the ostensibly recovered "Gus" (Ansel Elgort) who has turned up to support his blind best friend "Isaac" (Nat Wolff). They both have a certain disdain for "process" and a fondness for reading. It's that latter fascination that leads them to write to the author of their favourite book. They are surprised when they not only receive a reply, but the offer of an all expenses paid trip to Amsterdam to meet him! She has to convince her parents (Laura Dern and Sam Trammell) that it's a goer, and then off they go for a bonding exercise that introduces them to a Willem Dafoe who really does challenge their ideals. The story then takes quite a dramatic twist, changing the dynamic between the couple somewhat and it's at this point we start to sniff that sweet small of melodrama and the plot hits the heart-string tugging skids a bit. There's a degree of chemistry between the two actors and Dafoe also turns in quite well for his one or two scenes but the rest of it meanders just a bit too much. It's over two hours long, and there's far too much time spent on lacklustre character development. Everyone is easy on the eye and I didn't hate it, it's just a little too sugary for me. If anyone wants to rehearse my eulogy with me, do let me know.