50/50
Film is a sad story about the illness but told in the style of humor. It is about a young man and sad changes in his life tbecause of cancer. His extraordinary energy to live is a meaningful lesson.
18 September 1961, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
30 October 1970, Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
10 September 1931, Toledo, Ohio, USA
6 October 1986, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
9 August 1985, Portland, Maine, USA
27 August 1981, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
8 July 1951, Santa Monica, California, USA
July 13, 2016
Cancer's guaranteed to shake your life up. What if you discovered you had a 50/50 chance to live? If your life's stuck in a rut getting cancer can actually be a good thing, and this movie shows why.
May 03, 2015
Rogen's vulgar, unexpected decency is quietly moving.
October 07, 2011
Add 50/50 to your want to see list. And then make an appointment for your annual physical with your doctor.
June 30, 2013
An honest, earnest and powerful look at a young person's battle with cancer.
September 30, 2011
Gordon-Levitt is an agreeably undemonstrative actor who plays well opposite the burbly Rogen.
October 14, 2011
There couldn't be a more serious subject, yet Gordon-Levitt and especially Rogen (who co-produced the movie) make the comedy seem both spontaneous and organic.
September 30, 2011
Chances are about 90/10 that you'll enjoy 50/50.
September 30, 2011
Still, it's Gordon-Levitt's choices that continue to impress. Sure, he owned one of the most jaw-dropping sequences in last summer's blockbuster Inception. But the actor remains drawn to profoundly human-scale hurts and quiet triumphs.
March 30, 2016
Gordon-Levitt is so good he compensates for the film's lacks, even if he can't erase them... 50/50 isn't quite worthy of this performance, but that doesn't mean it isn't occasionally elevated toward something special by encompassing it.
June 22, 2013
Even with all its faults, it's pretty difficult not to be won over.
November 22, 2011
50/50 is about right.
September 08, 2013
It's a film about cancer, but it never succumbs to the morose trappings of its cinematic cousins ... it's done with such a subtle grace that it's easy to forget your heart is being tugged at by filmmakers.
