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50/50 (2011) 7.7
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Metascore: 72/100
Reviews: 369 user | 320 critic | 42 from Metacritic.com Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease. Director:Jonathan LevineWriter:Will Reiser |
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Adam is a 27 year old writer of radio programs and is diagnosed with a rare form of spinal cancer. With the help of his best friend, his mother, and a young therapist at the cancer center, Adam learns what and who the most important things in his life are. Written by Calikeane
Plot Keywords:
cancer | best friend | therapist | survival rate | father son relationship |Taglines:
It takes a pair to beat the oddsMotion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for language throughout, sexual content and some drug use | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
30 September 2011 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
I'm with Cancer See more »Box Office
Budget:
$8,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$8,644,095 (USA) (30 September 2011)Gross:
$34,963,967 (USA) (16 December 2011)Company Credits
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Adam: ...She doesn't like to.
Kyle: Of course she doesn't like to. No one likes putting a dick in their mouth.
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Written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson
Performed by Roy Orbison
Courtesy of Orbison Records
Under license from Evergreen Copyrights, Inc.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt actually shaved his head during filming. Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen were improvising in character while the cameras kept rolling since the scene was not in the script. See more »Goofs
Road signs, including One Way and Do Not Enter, have no text as they are Canadian road signs. The film is set in Seattle, Washington, USA. See more »Quotes
Kyle: She doesn't blow you?Adam: ...She doesn't like to.
Kyle: Of course she doesn't like to. No one likes putting a dick in their mouth.
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CryingWritten by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson
Performed by Roy Orbison
Courtesy of Orbison Records
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How does a filmmaker combine humor and drama in a story about a 27 year old man diagnosed with cancer? Easy: Just give them equal measure with the title 50/50 -- light treatment of a dark subject.
Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) has to deal not only with his own emotions when he is diagnosed, but also those of a close friend, Kyle (Seth Rogen), an inveterate partier and ribald quipper, and his chronically worrisome mother (Anjelica Huston). Losing his girlfriend, Rachael (Bryce Dallas Howard) along the way adds to the potential downbeat.
Yet director Jonathan Levine and writer Will Reiser keep it all as upbeat as possible, not in small part due to Rogen's constantly funny chatter, which comes at just the right times as the plot gets heavy with cancer surviving techniques (the film turns out to show the way to battle: with humor).
Of course, Rogen has had training playing a similar role in Funny People with Adam Sandler. No one plays a weed-smoking buddy better than he. Gordon-Levitt is also an actor who can just about better than anyone else play the soulful, endearing, slow-moving romantic as he did in (500) Days. As a cancer victim, he engages the audience in observation of a vulnerable hero, who fights with a serenity and equanimity that could be a model for those wishing to survive and those who wish to help.
50/50 is a comedy with compassion, a distant cousin to the prevalent bromances that rarely treat the support men give each other in times of real danger. Usually it's vacuous women who supply that danger and significant support. Hooray for the men this time.