50/50

Name: 50/50
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: September 30, 2011
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen

2011

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Summit Entertainment | Release Date: September 30, 2011 | R

Starring: Anna Kendrick, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen

Summary: Inspired by personal experiences, 50/50 is an original story about friendship, love, survival and finding humor in unlikely places. Two best friends lives change when one of them is diagnosed with cancer. (Summit Entertainment)

Director: Jonathan Levine

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 99 min

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Claudia Puig

Sep 29, 2011

Every performance in the film is flawless. Read full review

Peter Travers

Sep 29, 2011

A movie handled with this kind of care is a rare gift. Refusing to hide from pain or bow to it, 50/50 makes its own rules. It'll get to you. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Sep 28, 2011

The result is a duet of outstanding loveliness between Kendrick and Gordon-Levitt, also an actor of nuanced control. Read full review

Lawrence Toppman

Sep 29, 2011

The filmmakers do everything they can to balance levity and leavening. The subject says "drama," and the three supporting women deliver well-shaded, understated performances. (Howard shows us how weakness can be just as destructive as malice.) Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Sep 29, 2011

As a comedy about a young man with cancer, it needs to be serious enough to be real as well as light enough to be funny. Though it falls off the wagon at times, it maintains its balance remarkably well. Read full review

Ty Burr

Sep 29, 2011

Kendrick gives a truly bad performance here - she's a self-conscious actress playing a self-conscious person and getting her signals all mixed up - and it's unclear whether she has been hung out to dry by her director or if it's just that the character makes no sense whatsoever. Read full review

Rex Reed

Sep 28, 2011

Artificial, irresponsible, filthy and forgettable, it knocks itself cross-eyed trying to make you roar with laughter at chemotherapy, with the nauseating Seth Rogen milking most of the yuks. But a stoner comedy about cancer? I don't think so. Read full review

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pitcherandy

Feb 24, 2012

i dont watch too many movies twice, but i did for this one. more of a drama than a comedy. 9 out of 10. Tied with warhorse for my 2 favorite films of 2011.

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Bikerjames

Oct 2, 2011

I loved this film. It's been awhile since I gave a movie a 10 but I was cast into this movie's spell. I cared about all the characters, even though the Rogen character was a little close to being over the top. Levitt is absolutely perfect as the cancer stricken person holding all hisI loved this film. It's been awhile since I gave a movie a 10 but I was cast into this movie's spell. I cared about all the characters, even though the Rogen character was a little close to being over the top. Levitt is absolutely perfect as the cancer stricken person holding all his emotions in, until he finally explodes the night before his surgery. I haven't cried at a movie in years but definitely teared up at this one. I'm glad the time of the year has arrived when the good movies are shown. Highly recommended. Deserves the great reviews it's getting.… Expand

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jdmarc

Sep 30, 2011

This is a funny (often LOL), sometimes moving (never heavy handed) movie of a young man stricken with cancer. Performances across the board are excellent, but Anjelica Huston is captivating as the son's mother who only takes BS from her son. Levitt and Rogen's friendship expressed throughThis is a funny (often LOL), sometimes moving (never heavy handed) movie of a young man stricken with cancer. Performances across the board are excellent, but Anjelica Huston is captivating as the son's mother who only takes BS from her son. Levitt and Rogen's friendship expressed through their banter feels authentic with Rogen the arrested adolescent and Levitt the responsible, emotionally reserved cancer patient. Easily one of the best movies I've seen this year.… Expand

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TVJerry

Oct 3, 2011

Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a nice guy who finds out he has a serious form of cancer. While he deals with the unpleasant side effects of his treatment and the reactions of the women in his life, his best friend (Seth Rogen) supports him with plenty of humor. There are moments of pain andJoseph Gordon-Levitt plays a nice guy who finds out he has a serious form of cancer. While he deals with the unpleasant side effects of his treatment and the reactions of the women in his life, his best friend (Seth Rogen) supports him with plenty of humor. There are moments of pain and earnest drama, but a good laugh is never far away. Rogen shines with his constant comic comments and Gordon-Levitt delivers another touching, but strong performance. Don't be dismayed by the subject and enjoy the jokes!… Expand

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AwesomeReviewer

Mar 26, 2012

First things first, â

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night4

Mar 11, 2018

Solid, but not fantastic. Joseph Gordon-Levitt saves the movie, as he always does.

It's a bit confused as to what it wants to be, and I wouldn't call it a "comedy" by any stretch. "Dramedy"... maybe. The therapist character was horrible, though, and almost ruined the movie. She wouldSolid, but not fantastic. Joseph Gordon-Levitt saves the movie, as he always does.

It's a bit confused as to what it wants to be, and I wouldn't call it a "comedy" by any stretch. "Dramedy"... maybe.

The therapist character was horrible, though, and almost ruined the movie. She would have ruined it, if not for Joseph Gordon-Levitt.… Expand

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jimmypowder

Oct 24, 2011

Boring as hell .All the jokes were about the same sexual topic over and over .

Alot of film time was just spent viewing the guy with cancer with the same look on his face.

Dont waste your time

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