Chicago Sun-TimesAlthough 50/50 is structured with the efficiency of a sitcom, there's an undercurrent of truth and real feeling.
Rolling StoneRefusing to hide from pain or bow to it, 50/50 makes its own rules. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen are a dream team.
New York Daily NewsThis nervy film avoids being blatantly "life-affirming" or "feel-good," helping it earn its tears and laughs. The premise co...
The Philadelphia InquirerLevitt, the definition of nuance, is touching, funny, and fierce - an unusual combination of moods, but deeply affecting.
The Boston GlobeToo pat and contrived to be the Oscar bell-ringer early reports have claimed, 50/50 is most affecting when it shows callow y...
The New York Times Neither the actor nor the filmmakers can get under Adam's skin, despite all the close-ups and the moodily shot scenes filled...
Wall Street JournalI admire the audacity of the script, which was written by Will Reiser from personal experience, and I laughed in most of the...
San Francisco Chronicle50/50 will be liked and appreciated even by people who can't imagine wanting to see it.
USA Today50/50 nimbly draws humor out of a young man's illness, walks a tightrope of tragicomedy and touches on all the right points.
Richard Roeper"50/50" is a low-key, authentic, warm-hearted film; the cast is one of the best of the year.
Washington Post"50/50" takes the hackneyed convention of illness-driven melodrama and reinvigorates it with honesty, clear-eyed compassion ...
New York PostIt succeeds mostly thanks to stellar work by the wonderful Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who capably handles the dramatic heavy lift...
Salon ArtsWhat ensues is "Beaches" meets "Pineapple Express." Which, I've got to tell you, is pretty much what living with cancer is l...
SlateScene by scene, 50/50 can be both amusing and moving, with the tightly wound Gordon-Levitt and the boundaryless Rogen formin...
ReelViewsThere is a wealth of authenticity in the feel of the movie, as if Levine and/or his writer have endured some of this stuff.
Entertainment WeeklyThe disconcerting sight of young Adam sitting on death row delivers part 1 of the one-two punch the filmmakers have in mind....
E! OnlineAbout 60 percent buddy comedy and 40 percent cancer drama, 50/50 stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a tumor-stricken radio produc...
Hollywood ReporterThis comedy about cancer, where the Big C stands more for comedy than the disease, is nonetheless both touching and funny by...
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Partial Film Information
Director: Jonathan Levine
Writer: Will Reiser
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick
Release: September 30, 2011
Writer: Will Reiser
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick
Release: September 30, 2011
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