50/50
Synopsis:
This is a movie about Adam Lerner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a 27-year old working in a radio station, having a live-in girlfriend, Rachael (Bryce Dallas Howard) and best friend, Kyle (Seth Rogen). When Adam learns that he has a rare cancer in his spine after a routine check-up on his backache, he was left to deal with illness and the people surrounding him. He decided to inform Rachel and Kyle on this issue and the needs to go for chemotherapy everyday. Also, Adam finally decided to inform his mother, Diane (Anjelica Huston) and his dad who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease after few days due to his mother's over-the-to protection nature. During the chemotherapy, Adam makes friends with Alan (Philip Baker Hall) and Mitch (Matt Frewer) who provided some advices and show the meaning of life in the aspect of a cancer patient. Adam also visited a therapist, Katherine McKay (Anna Kendrick) who began to slowly fall for one another after Rachel cheated on him. His friend, Kyle also tries to cheer up Adam by picking up women, having a night stand, heavily drinking and smoking pots. Adam however began to have emotional breakdown especially after Mitch passes away and feels that his life is coming to an end. However, with the help of his friend, Kyle who was reading books on how to help a person with cancer, and his mom who is attending a group therapy for parents with child having cancer to his therapist, Katherine, he began to feel strong especially when the doctor inform him that he needs to have an emergency operation due to his illness is non-responsive to the chemotherapy. Finally, Adam undergone surgery and successfully having his tumor removed, and dated Katherine.
Review:
After missing many weeks of good movies due to personal things, its good to watch a feel-good movie to help regain my composure. I picked up this movie, titled 50/50 during the weekend which tells of a man diagnosed with a cancer and having a 50/50 chance of survival rate. I felt that i could used a good cry every once in awhile. The movie paced was good and the actors are brilliant in their performance without going over the top. Good credits and acting-chops to Joseph Gordon-Levitt who makes us likes this guy, Adam, a normal average guy who discover he has cancer. He is able to handle his facial expression and emotional perfectly and it is complimented with the ever funny, Seth Rogen. Both of them have great chemistry that you can almost feel the friendship bond between them and especially in the final emotional scene where you see Kyle wishes Adam good luck inside his car, it is truly captivating. Anjelica Huston is funny with her overtone voice as Adam's mom and whenever she is on-screen, there will be a good one liner punch that tickles your bone and makes the film light-hearted. Anna Kendrick is extremely adorable as Katherine but she doesn't shine much in this movie, but instead acting as a clumsy and inexperience therapist a little too over the edge, to my preference. Overall, the tone and the story is heart-felt and i would prefer it to give me a little extra poke to my emotional feelings so that i can cry my heart out but instead, i wipe away tears with a single tissue. That was good enough.
Verdict:
I give this film a 4 out of 5. Excellent performance.
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