50/50

In most families, we all know someone who had cancer, some survived, some did not manage to survive. It is a very sensitive subject. I am one of those who hope that science can find a way to destroy cancer, with help of new technology when i am no longer alive. Because as we all know it takes time to find new ways of finding new treatments. 50/50 is a motion picture who brings this subject up, from director Johnathan Levine ( who did the amazing movie The Wackness ). Will 50/50 reopen wounds, or is this a story that you can actually get a different perspective out of the subject?

27 year old Adam Lerner ( Joseph Gordon-Levitt ), is a journalist, living happy with his girlfriend Rachael ( Bryce Dallas Howard ). His best friend Kyle ( Seth Rogen ) thinks his girlfriend should give more blow jobs, instead of beeing so boring. When Adam is checked during a hospital visit, tests show he has a rare form of cancer. Everything becomes blurry. He tries to get some answers, but he is left mostly confused. His best friend Kyle is supporting him all the way, while his girlfriend and family tries to deal with the situation. His mother Diane ( Anjelica Houston ) who already taking care of her husband in Alzheimer´s disease,  is very worried over her son´s diagnose. But Adam does not plan to give up, he wants to live life and does not need negative thinking from people around him.

Even if the subject is very tough, this is actually a really funny movie . I am not talking about the disease as funny, it´s the message itself to stop fear the worst, and do what you want to do. You have nothing to loose. And this is where 50/50 works best, it can joke about cancer, and about medical care, without beeing insulting to cancer patients. I know if i personally would be diagnosed cancer, i would not want anyone to treat me like a child, if they did, i would tell them to piss off. Joseph Gordon-Levitt takes his role seriously and tries to give a credible portrait of a young man in this situation. Seth Rogen is actually the highlight of this movie, he delivers some really funny lines, as an example, when he finds out Adam has cancer he says :- Don´t worry, Patrick Swayze has cancer and he is fine. Adam :- Patrick Swayze is dead. Kyle:- Really? that´s really fucked up, don´t even think about him ok?. Honestly, it was quite a long time ago since i could laugh as much as i did watching 50/50 . I highly recommend you see it, it is the best cancer movie ever made so far.

Rating: DDDD