Friday night, I went to
the show with two of my granddaughters. At the 6:30 showing, I found myself
sitting in the show with every teenage girl in the North Hills area, maybe even
every teenage girl in all of Pittsburgh!
The movie, The Fault
in our Stars, is based on the book published by John Green. This is a young
adult book and was an instant hit when it came out, receiving positive reviews.
I read the book because my granddaughter had finished reading it and gave it to
me to read. The book deals with teenagers with terminal cancer who meet at a
support group, and become friends and more. Yes, the book made me cry. It made
everyone who read it cry, including my granddaughter. The well written book is
a tear jerker.
The movie stayed close
to the book. It was a well done movie and the two leads were well cast. The two
young people who played the lead were very attractive. I do have to add very
attractive for two terminal young people with various forms of cancer. The end
results of death were the same for the book and the movie.
I not only was
surrounded by teenage girls but everyone took their turn crying, bawling,
sobbing, and blowing their nose. I think that I was the only person at the show
who didn’t cry. I cried after reading the book because the ending surprised me.
I might add that the author was able to get the reviewers to keep the ending a
secret. Kudos to John Green!
It took a lot not to
turn around and tell everyone at the show to KEEP QUIET! But then besides not
being a romantic, I’m not that heartless!
If you are looking for
a good tear jerker to clean you’re bottled up tears…then go see The Fault in our Stars. Take your
teenager and take a box of Kleenex!
