50/50

2.00
    50/50
    2011

    Synopsis

    Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

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    Cast

    • Joseph Gordon-LevittAdam Lerner
    • Seth RogenKyle Hirons
    • Anna KendrickKatherine McKay
    • Bryce Dallas HowardRachael
    • Philip Baker HallAlan
    • Serge HoudeRichard Lerner
    • Andrew AirlieDr. Ross
    • Matt FrewerMitch
    • Peter KelamisPhil
    • Jessica Parker KennedyJackie

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Arizona Republic

      50/50 is a tremendous movie. It's also a really funny one, which doesn't mean it won't make you cry.
    • 88

      The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

      Even hardened cynics will embrace the cliché – yep, you will laugh, you will cry.
    • 70

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Reiser has written his characters with an indelible sweetness and vulnerability, which allows the cast to deliver performances with some depth.
    • 70

      New York Magazine (Vulture)

      The movie belongs to Gordon-­Levitt and Anna Kendrick as his painfully green therapist.
    • 70

      The New Yorker

      Buoyant and observant, 50/50 is a small winner; the director, Jonathan Levine ("The Wackness"), has a great touch, mordant but light-handed.
    • 63

      Slant Magazine

      The movie is far more successful in its execution of the young-man-meets-mortality element, warranting its existence by bringing some well-considered verisimilitude to what feels like rare movie territory.
    • 60

      Boxoffice Magazine

      A soft and sweet cancer drama that hits with the force of an ill-timed hug.
    • 60

      Variety

      Will Reiser's semiautobiographical script initially prescribes too artificial a story treatment for its characters but is rescued by a genial, low-key vibe that builds in sensitivity and emotion up through the final reels.

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