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Movie Blurb by Shale
September 30, 2011
If you haven't heard yet, this is a comedy
About a young man with cancer.
This is a really good movie, loved by audiences and critics alike (and by me). It was funny, sometimes frightening or sad, but very honest.
Altho it is not an autobiography it was written by Will Reiser, who was diagnosed with cancer in his mid 20s. So, we are privy to an actual account of what it is like for a young man to go thru this experience and its impact on him, his family and friends. Especially his friend Seth Rogen, who went thru it with him and plays that character in this movie.
Our protagonist is Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) a writer for public radio who takes few risks; waits for the walk light before crossing a street, doesn't drive a car.
With a growing back pain he goes to the doctor who does an MRI and finds a very bad malignant tumor in his spine. Of note here is the too efficient, professional doctor who addresses his recorder with the diagnosis instead of his patient who is sitting right in front of him. Gotta be one of those moments of someone who has been there. We also experience the numbness that one has when getting such unexpected, life altering news, where the words spoken by the doctor are just meaningless sounds as you try to process the totally unexpected.
Adam breaks the news to his friend Kyle (Rogen) and tells him the odds of surviving this is 50%. Kyle is a rather pushy guy who tries to lighten the load by saying those are the best odds in a casino game. Both buddies deal with this illness thru nervous jokes and moments of anger but stick it out.
The movie progresses thru chemo (made easier with grass-laced macaroons), and his friend Kyle being there when he shears his head. All done with the banter between two close friends.
We see Adam's initial reluctance to inform his mother (Anjelica Huston) of his illness and the struggle of his live-in girlfriend Rachael (Bryce Dallas Howard) who vows to be strong and stay with him but fails.
Also, his assigned hospital counselor (Anna Kendrick) is both inexperienced and younger than he. However, they both work thru the sarcasm, anger and fear.
This was an enjoyable and refreshing movie, highly recommended.
Movie Blurb by Shale
September 30, 2011
If you haven't heard yet, this is a comedy
About a young man with cancer.
This is a really good movie, loved by audiences and critics alike (and by me). It was funny, sometimes frightening or sad, but very honest.
Altho it is not an autobiography it was written by Will Reiser, who was diagnosed with cancer in his mid 20s. So, we are privy to an actual account of what it is like for a young man to go thru this experience and its impact on him, his family and friends. Especially his friend Seth Rogen, who went thru it with him and plays that character in this movie.
Our protagonist is Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) a writer for public radio who takes few risks; waits for the walk light before crossing a street, doesn't drive a car.
With a growing back pain he goes to the doctor who does an MRI and finds a very bad malignant tumor in his spine. Of note here is the too efficient, professional doctor who addresses his recorder with the diagnosis instead of his patient who is sitting right in front of him. Gotta be one of those moments of someone who has been there. We also experience the numbness that one has when getting such unexpected, life altering news, where the words spoken by the doctor are just meaningless sounds as you try to process the totally unexpected.
Adam breaks the news to his friend Kyle (Rogen) and tells him the odds of surviving this is 50%. Kyle is a rather pushy guy who tries to lighten the load by saying those are the best odds in a casino game. Both buddies deal with this illness thru nervous jokes and moments of anger but stick it out.
The movie progresses thru chemo (made easier with grass-laced macaroons), and his friend Kyle being there when he shears his head. All done with the banter between two close friends.
We see Adam's initial reluctance to inform his mother (Anjelica Huston) of his illness and the struggle of his live-in girlfriend Rachael (Bryce Dallas Howard) who vows to be strong and stay with him but fails.
Also, his assigned hospital counselor (Anna Kendrick) is both inexperienced and younger than he. However, they both work thru the sarcasm, anger and fear.
This was an enjoyable and refreshing movie, highly recommended.
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