Yet just as that 1970’s film promoted some falsities-like love means you never have to say your sorry-this movie’s urging to live life to the fullest might be a little faulty when it includes an excuse for teen sex. The Fault in Our Stars may be this generation’s version of Love Story. The script also contains more than a smattering of profanities, a strong sexual expletive and some vulgar language. Along with Gus’s cigarette fetish, the movie portrays drinking and a character with an alcohol problem. There is also a sense that life’s hugest tragedy would be to die a virgin. While it is played to be both tender and slightly awkward, the depiction includes male chest and female back nudity. The scene in which Gus loses his virginity to Hazel isn’t just a quick fade to black. But that doesn’t mean the screenplay is without some content concerns. They are wrapped up in the care of their children, trying to find a balance between protecting without coddling, and allowing their youth to lead as normal of a life as possible.įor many fans of the novel, this movie will be a decent adaptation. Some of the stronger scenes involve the teens’ parents.

Unfortunately it’s hard to maintain that for the entire movie when an untimely death is inevitable. While there’s no question the tragic circumstances these young lovers find themselves in are meant to induce tears, Woodley and Elgort do have moments on film that are remarkably truthful. The film’s contrived premise (based on the best-selling book of the same title) teeters on the edge of becoming overly sentimental even as it encourages viewers to embrace life. (Those experiences also include losing his virginity, drinking champagne and helping a friend egg an expensive sports car.) He wants to pack in every human experience he can before he dies. (His other defining oddity is the unlit cigarette he often has hanging out of his mouth.)Ĭonsidering the bleak forecast for her future, Hazel doesn’t believe in forming long-term relationships. In spite of his own condition, Gus’s gregarious personality makes him stand out in the crowd.

He lost his leg to cancer but has come to the meeting to support his friend Isaac (Nat Wolff) who is about to undergo surgery to remove his second eye. There she bumps into newcomer Gus Waters (Ansel Elgort). Reluctantly, Hazel attends a meeting for the sake of her mother.

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