"We who fight cancer"

Rico 2022-03-22 09:01:18

In fact, the film should be called "the anti-cancer us". The protagonist's psychotherapist, parents, friends and even his cheating ex-girlfriend are all working together to deal with the despair and challenges brought about by cancer. They bear the protagonist's confession, venting, fragility, despair and collapse, and perfect interpretation of family affection, friendship and love.

The psychotherapist heroine is an old-fashioned person—this can be seen from her messy car, she is suffering from a relationship. But when she comforted the hero, she rarely showed her hurt feelings. She has been working hard with deep empathy to try to mediate the protagonist's heart that is on the verge of collapse. Even when the male protagonist confessed that night when he collapsed, he suppressed his move and responded perfectly to him. Perhaps this is the professionalism of a therapist, but compared to a selfish ex-girlfriend, this detail is extremely heartwarming.

Different from mother’s restraint and ex-girlfriend’s hypocrisy, friends who seem to have been gagging will always give the protagonist the most direct and true response, reminding the protagonist: life should continue after cancer, the same goes for nightclubs, pick-up girls, and marijuana. can not be less. And his unobtrusive expression of opinions always allows the relatively conservative protagonist to jump out of his own rules and adapt to the new situation.

Although the ruthless mother with excessive control desires is not very likable, it is indeed the last person the protagonist will remember, and it is also his deepest concern before entering the operating table.

The cheating ex-girlfriend avoided making the movie fall into the stereotyped chicken soup, cancer will not stop the world around, dog blood will still happen, but the good things will continue.

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Extended Reading
  • Merritt 2021-10-20 19:02:00

    The healing system is small and fresh. The audience accompanied Adam from being told that he was suffering from cancer, to the painful period of onset, to near mental breakdown, and finally to overcome the illness, there was always a warm current in his heart. Family, friendship, love, when you are surrounded by these three elements, are there any difficulties that you can't overcome? At the end of the film, it is also true that Sai Pang changed Adam's dressing. Adam’s prototype (the screenwriter himself) said that Sai Pang was really scared when he saw the scar...

  • Caden 2021-10-20 19:02:00

    An excellent independent production should look like, the combination of Seth and Yusuf is really a peerless friend; after the ending with laughter in tears, I suddenly remembered Pushkin’s poem: If life deceives you/don’t be sad , Don’t be anxious/depressive days/need to be calm/believe, happy days will come

50/50 quotes

  • Kyle: Oh no. No, you're are not calling her man! After what she did to you? You're a pussy Adam!

    Adam: You're a selfish piece of shit! Care more about getting yourself fucking laid than being my friend!

  • [Adam is getting chemotherapy]

    Alan: Want a macaroon?

    Adam: Thanks. I'm alright.

    Alan: [whispering] There's weed in 'em.

    Adam: I don't do weed.

    Alan: C'mon. Just get high with us!

    [Adam reluctantly eats a macaroon]

    Mitch: How old are you?

    Adam: Twenty-seven.

    Alan: That's just the worst. A perfectly good youth wasted.

    Mitch: Alan, stop it. Don't listen to him, he's just messing with you.

    Alan: Listen to me, this cancer is bullshit. First your hair's going to fall out, then your balls'll shrink. And if that isn't enough, your dick becomes a constant source of disappointment.

    [Alan and Mitch laugh]

    Adam: I got to tell you, I was really nervous about this whole cancer thing, and then I met you guys, and boy do I feel better.