It takes
few chances, frequently using sass as a smokescreen,
hiding what's unoriginal and cheaply sentimental about this story behind a veil of witticisms about oblivion and «cancer
perks.»
A noble mission, to be sure, and one that shows the filmmakers have the right instincts about how to tell this story, but ultimately The Fault in Our Stars doesn't live up to these claims, as it takes
few chances, frequently using sass as a smokescreen,
hiding what's unoriginal and cheaply sentimental about this story behind a veil of witticisms about oblivion and «cancer
perks.»