Rating: R
Release Year: 2011
Notable Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anna Kendrick
Stars:1.5
Review: I did not like this movie. Remember when I said that one of the strengths of "The Help" is that it dealt with a powerful and sensitive topic without being contrived? Well, this movie dealt with a similarly powerful and sensitive topic (cancer battle) but WAS quite contrived. Blech. The movie was a weird piecemeal, sort of like they tried to put a puzzle together where the pieces don't actually fit. For example, most of the movie was attempting comedy but then they would throw in random dramatic/heartfelt moments that fell short. The characters were underdeveloped and not believable. It all goes back to being contrived-- the writers clearly wanted to throw in splashes of all the elements of a cancer story but did not have the finesse nor sensitivity to develop and weave together these elements properly. Also, from a medical perspective, lots of things just didn't add up (I originally had a list of the medical mistakes here, but realized I would give away way too much of the story).
Good date movie? No.
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