50/50 (2011) (original) (raw)

Adam Lerner, an ordinary 25-year-old who loves his girlfriend and enjoys his job, is diagnosed with cancer. He hears it from the doctor. He tells his family. He goes through chemo. Coping with his mortality, Adam decides to use humor in his struggle to cure cancer and keep his sanity intact. And where his family and friends struggle to fully understand his situation, Adam's psychologist and fellow...

Adam Lerner, an ordinary 25-year-old who loves his girlfriend and enjoys his job, is diagnosed with cancer. He hears it from the doctor. He tells his family. He goes through chemo. Coping with his mortality, Adam decides to use humor in his struggle to cure cancer and keep his sanity intact. And where his family and friends struggle to fully understand his situation, Adam's psychologist and fellow... (less)

Director: Jonathan Levine
Writer: Will Reiser
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston, Matt Frewer
Producer: Evan Goldberg

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Review by Brian Orndorf, September 28, 2011

9 / 10

�50/50� belongs in that rare subgenre known as �The Cancer Comedy.� It�s not a popular cinematic topic, practically untouched throughout the years, yet this new film from director Jonathan Levine makes the troubling process of merging meaty laughs with exhausting medical emergencies seem like a piece of cake. This is a tremendously endearing, emotionally complex motion picture that gracefully inspects the stages of grief, worry, and, of course, catharsis, approaching a delicate subject matter with a disarming confidence. Holding down a public radio job while romancing Rachael (Bryce ...read more...

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