Though it’s a bit of grating hubris, for its pedigree, the film makes a concerted effort to live up to this prophecy, even though it gets away from itself. Laura Dern Holding 'Out Hope' for 'Big Little Lies' Season 3: We'd 'Love Nothing More'Ģ2 Great Erotic Thrillers, from Adrian Lyne to Brian De PalmaĬourting criticism within its opening moments when Hazel’s narration informs us matter-of-factly that “this isn’t a movie,” rather “the truth” that will fly in the face of the tearjerker cancer subgenre. Starz Rescues 'Three Women' Series with Shailene Woodley After Showtime Dumps It In fiction, it’s cancer’s job to make you cry.” In life, it’s cancer’s job to try to kill you. As Stephanie Zacharek puts it in her great Village Voice review, “In the plumbing mechanics of melodrama, the Big C makes a perfectly useful faucet handle: Turn it and the tears come out, or at least they ought to. Regardless, they’re a sharp-edged bunch, whether praising Shailene Woodley’s leading performance or sussing out the difference between the reality of cancer and the movie’s version of “the truth.” Nearly all of them conclude the movie will reduce you to tears some find other reasons for sorrow as well. Scan the list of reviews for “ The Fault in Our Stars” below and you’ll see quite a few unfamiliar names, which leaves one to think either the first-string writers decided this critic-proof movie wasn’t worth their time or the publications they work for decided to use them elsewhere.
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