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Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston, Serge Houde, Andrew Airlie, Matt Frewer, Philip Baker Hall (mehr)Streaming (2)
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Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) ist noch keine 30 und hat eigentlich alles, was man(n) sich so wünschen kann. Cooler Job, heiße Freundin, gute Kumpel. Alles läuft bestens – bis er plötzlich diese brutalen Rückenschmerzen bekommt. Die Diagnose: Er hat Krebs – noch dazu eine seltene Form, die ziemlich oft tödlich verläuft. Von heut auf morgen wird Adams Leben auf den Kopf gestellt: Arzttermine und Chemo bestimmen nun seine Tage. Die Menschen, die ihm am nächsten stehen, sind genauso überfordert wie er selbst: Adams bester Freund Kyle (Seth Rogen) nutzt seine Misere schamlos aus, um mit der bewährten Mitleidsmasche Frauen ins Bett zu kriegen. Seine Mutter (Anjelica Huston) will am liebsten sofort bei ihm einziehen und Adams Freundin Rachael (Bryce Dallas Howard) stürzt sich ins Szeneleben und rast von Termin zu Termin, um ja nicht zu viel nach zu denken. Und die junge Therapeutin Katherine (Anna Kendrick), die ihm in dieser schweren Zeit eigentlich zur Seite stehen soll, ist noch nervöser als ihr Patient, denn Adam ist gerade mal ihr dritter Fall. Was soll für Adam also schiefgehen?.. (Universum Film)
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50/50 - Freunde fürs ÜberLeben hat eine besonders sympathische Besetzung, ein ansprechendes (wenn auch vielleicht ein wenig klischeehaftes) Thema und einen großartigen Humor, der hier durch die dramatische Seite ausgeglichen wird. Der Film folgt einem jungen Mann, der einen schweren Schicksalsschlag zu verkraften hat, und während er alle Stadien der Krankheit durchläuft, beeinflusst ihn sein Umfeld und versucht, ihm auf jede erdenkliche Weise zu helfen. Ein angenehmer amerikanischer Film, geeignet für einen Abend, der so endete, wie er enden musste. P. S. Voldemort rules!!!
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Breaking with tradition, I will begin my comment about a good film by not recommending it. I don’t recommend watching 50/50 on a train. I watched in on the train and I was quietly tearing up by the end, having a hard time not to start sobbing in front of the other passengers. That would have embarrassing :-D. But about the film – very good. Joseph Gordon-Levitt confirms his quality as an actor, but I feel a little sorry for Bryce Dallas Howard, who this year has played an insufferable asshole in already two Oscar hopefuls and I think I will have her forever typecast in that character. The film parades a lot of emotions, from sadness to happiness and joy, it feels natural and sincere, without any award baiting cynicism. If it cut at the strongest moment right before the ending, I would go for five stars. I won’t say the ending ruins the very positive impression, but it does reduce it. Unfortunately. Ambiguity would be fitting for a film called 50/50.
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“I’m Adam Lerner, schwannoma neurofibrosarcoma.“ Another developmental stage of the bromance genre. Apatow’s comedy is intertwined with a “dying” melodrama. The boy-girl romantic storyline serves mainly as means of presenting the protagonist in greater detail, but it doesn’t answer the question of whether Adam’s girlfriends leave him melodrama because they’re bitches (as Kyle clearly believes) or because of his bland character and lack of will to change anything. Conversely, most of the truly touching moments are provided by the bromance storyline that sensibly uses Rogen’s committed (only?) position that he is a horny idiot and doesn’t care. He credibly complements Gordon-Levitt’s decent “I don't drink, I don’t smoke, I don't have a driver’s license” character (whose only bad habit is apparently biting his fingernails). The striking contrast between the two central characters is entertaining and their friendship is believable, while also offering two possible concepts of the human body – for survival/for satisfaction through pleasure. The laid-back pace of the narrative, sensitive incorporation of a serious subject into a comedy and the reduction of sentiment are definitely not qualities seen in every cinematic enrichment of oncological discourse. 50/50 not only enriches that, but also expands on it by putting a spotlight on false compassion and selfish unwillingness to take the negative with the positive, which is achieved through an initially likable girlfriend. Adam’s subsequent depressing loneliness casts doubt on the validity of the saying “live with people, die alone”. Some people are assholes, dying alone is a drag and living with a tumour involves pain, fatigue and vomiting. Banal, but true. The conveying of the knowledge that there may be no "after" was among the most powerful instance of such a message that I have ever experienced thanks to a film. Vastly superior to carcinogenic dramas. 85%
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A movie about life, about everyday reality, problems that need solving and about not surrendering life like it’s some stupid game of tag. 50/50 is a great movie, a brutal tear-jerker, but it was very pleasant to watch. Especially because of the actors who were being just the way I want to know them; being true to themselves and distinctive. Everything in this movie was the right fit and once again, I was able to watch a movie that results in a tremendous joy of life. And that’ll really lift your spirits…
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When life writes powerful stories, they lend themselves to being watched. Seth Rogen did very well by persuading his friend to write the screenplay, and just as well when he took on his best role yet. Although we've seen him as a goofball before and since, he has found his ideal fit in this melancholic comedy where humanity shines alongside uncompromising lines. And because few people are better guides to realistic comedies than Joseph Gordon-Levitt, there is nothing left but to smile contentedly, wipe away a hidden tear, and say one thing: Life. Is. Good.
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