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Screenplay by - Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
Based on - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Starring - Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern, Sam
Trammell, Willem Dafoe
Music by - Mike Mogis, Nate Walcott
Cinematography - Ben Richardson
Edited by - Robb Sullivan
Production company - Temple Hill Entertainment, TSG Entertainment
Distributed by - 20th Century Fox
Release dates - May 16, 2014 (SIFF), June 6, 2014 (United States)
Running time - 126 minutes
Country - United States
Language - English
Budget - $14 million
Box office - $304,186,490 (wikipedia.org )
Awards
13 wins & 3 nominations.
Imdb rating
8.1/10
137,656 Rate (imdb.com)
TOMATOMETER - 80%
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 166
Fresh: 133
Rotten: 33
AUDIENCE SCORE - 86% liked it
Average Rating: 4.2/5
User Ratings: 100,009 (rottentomatoes.com )
Metascore - 69
Generally favourable review
Based on 45 Critics
User Score - 7.3
Generally favourable review
Based on 284 Ratings (metacritic.com )
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| Ansel Elgort as Augustus Waters |
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| Shailene Woodley as Hazel Grace Lancaster&Nat Wolff as Isaac, Augustus' blind best friend |
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| Shailene Woodley as Hazel Grace Lancaster&Ansel Elgort as Augustus Waters |
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Plot
Hazel Grace Lancaster, an intelligent and sarcastic
Indianapolis teenager, has terminal thyroid cancer that has
spread to her lungs. Believing her to be depressed, Hazel's
mother urges her to attend a cancer patients' support group
to make friends. During a support meeting, Hazel meets
Augustus Waters, a teenager who had lost a leg because of
bone cancer. After the meeting, Augustus invites Hazel to his
house, where they bond. Before she leaves, they agree to
read each other's favorite novels. Hazel recommends An
Imperial Affliction to Augustus, a novel about a cancer-
stricken girl named Anna that parallels Hazel's experience.
After finishing the book, Augustus expresses frustration with
the novel's abrupt ending. Hazel explains that the novel's
mysterious author, Peter van Houten, retreated to Amsterdam
following the novel's publication, and has not been heard
from since.
Weeks later, Augustus tells Hazel he has traced van Houten's
assistant, Lidewij, and through her has corresponded by e-
mail with van Houten. Hazel writes to van Houten to ask about
the novel's ambiguous ending; van Houten replies that he is
only willing to answer her in person. Hazel asks her mother if
she can travel to Amsterdam, but the idea is rejected because
of financial and medical constraints. Later, Augustus surprises
Hazel with tickets to Amsterdam, donated by a charitable
foundation.
Days before the trip, Hazel suffers from pleural effusion and is
sent to an intensive care unit (ICU). Her doctors initially will
not let her travel, but are eventually persuaded to allow the
trip. Hazel and Augustus arrive in Amsterdam and are
presented with reservations for an expensive restaurant, paid
for by van Houten. During the meal, Augustus confesses his
love for Hazel. The pair meet van Houten but are shocked to
find that instead of the kind writer who has been
corresponding with them, he is a mean-spirited alcoholic and
that Lidewij arranged the meeting and their dinner on his
behalf. Van Houten, unaware of and angered by his assistant's
actions, taunts Hazel for seeking answers to a piece of fiction
and belittles her medical condition.
As the two leave the author's residence, dejected, Lidewij
invites them to go sight-seeing with her, to make up for their
experience. The three visit the Anne Frank House, where
Hazel struggles to climb the house's many stairs. At the end of
the tour, Augustus and Hazel share a romantic kiss. They
return to the hotel and have sex for the first time. The next
day, Augustus tells Hazel that his cancer has relapsed and
spread throughout his body, so is now terminal. Upon
returning to Indianapolis, Augustus' health worsens. He is
taken to the ICU for a few days and realizes he is close to
death. Augustus invites his blind best friend Isaac and Hazel to
his pre-funeral, where they deliver eulogies they prepared.
Hazel quotes van Houten's text, and tells him she would not
trade their short time together for anything.
Augustus dies eight days later. At his funeral, Hazel is
astonished to find van Houten in attendance. He tells her he
maintained correspondence with Augustus after Amsterdam
and that Augustus had demanded he attend his funeral to
make up for the spoiled trip. He tells Hazel that his novel is
based on the experiences of his daughter Anna, who died
from cancer at a young age. Van Houten tries to tell Hazel
about the fate of Anna's mother; he gives Hazel a piece of
paper. Hazel, still upset with his behavior in Amsterdam,
crumples up the paper, and asks him to leave. Later, while
talking with Isaac, Hazel learns that Augustus had asked van
Houten to help him write his eulogy. She retrieves the
crumpled paper and reads Augustus' words, which state his
acceptance of death and his love for Hazel. The film ends with
Hazel lying on her back on her lawn looking up at the stars,
smiling as she remembers Augustus.
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