The Fault In Our Stars

Last summer, whilst staying with my grandma in the Isle of Wight, I received a phone call from my mum. She said that my sister and her had been to the cinema to see the newly released 'The Fault In Our Stars' (2014, Josh Boone), which my sister was desperate to see. I have to admit, I'd never read the book and didn't really know much about it. In all honesty I didn't even know what it was about. My mum told me that her and my sister had cried all the way home from the cinema and couldn't stop thinking about it. Naturally, I thought this was an exaggeration, until I saw the film myself.

'The Fault In Our Stars' is based on the book by John Green and follows the relationship between two teenagers, both diagnosed with cancer as they holiday to Amsterdam to meet Hazel's (Shailene Woodley) favourite author Van Houten (Willem Dafoe). With a dramatic plot twist towards the end, 'The Fault In Our Stars' is one of the most moving films I have seen, and has made it to my sisters no.1 spot!

The film is excellently cast with Ansel Elgort and Nat Wolff starring alongside Shailene and Willem to create realistic engaging characters that cause our hearts to break as the story develops. Although I expected it to be sad, I did not expect to finish the film sobbing, unable to control the flow of tears. It really moved me, maybe as the characters were the same age as myself, but it seems to have had an affect on everyone who has seen it. It is difficult to sit down and watch a film that you know will make you cry, and I put it off several times. Having seen it however, I wish I had watched it sooner.

'Paper Towns', another of John Green's novels has also now been made into a film by a different director, starring Nat Wolff and Cara Delvigne. I can't wait to see it, and hope that it will live up to the standards of 'The Fault In Our Stars'.