10/28/2023 0 Comments The fault in our stars film![]() ![]() The lion’s share of the credit should go to 35-year-old director Josh Boone (‘Stuck in Love’). Even as Hazel meets and falls for upbeat charmer Gus (Ansel Elgort, Woodley’s ‘Divergent’ co-star) in a kids cancer support group, there’s believable banter between them that redeems a long foreseen outcome, known to anyone who’s ever waded into the salty pool of movies like ‘Love Story’. Her effortless regular-girl charm turns oxygen-tank-carrying Hazel into a fully fleshed-out teenager. ![]() The film’s linchpin is actress Shailene Woodley (already the saviour of several iffy films, including ‘Divergent’). ![]() It finds its own understated way to earn tears, and that’s a tricky thing to pull off given the material. ![]() This adaptation of John Green’s bestselling 2012 young adult novel about a teenage girl in love and living with cancer is far from the shameless emotional pummelling it might have been.
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