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50/50

ORIGINAL TITLE

50/50

YEAR

2011

RUNNING TIME

100 min.

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COUNTRY

(New) Visual section

DIRECTOR

Jonathan Levine

SCREENWRITER

Will Reiser

COMPOSER

Michael Giacchino

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Terry Stacey

CAST

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anna Kendrick, Seth Rogen, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston, Julia Benson, Marie Avgeropoulos, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Philip Baker Hall, Stephanie Belding

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Summit Entertainment / Mandate Pictures / Relativity Media

AWARDS

2011: Golden Globes: 2 nominations, including Best Film (Comedy/Musical)
2011: National Board of Review: Best Original Screenplay
2011: Independent Spirit Awards: Best First Screenplay. 3 nominations
2011: Critics Choice Awards: Nominated for Best Original Screenplay

GENRE

Drama. Comedy | Comedy-Drama. Disease. Friendship. Independent Film (USA)

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

Adam is a 27 year old writer of radio programs and is diagnosed with a rare form of spinal cancer. With the help of his best friend, his mother, and a young therapist at the cancer center, Adam learns what and who the most important things in his life are.

PRO REVIEWS

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"A picture with a commercial sensibility and a quippy streak, yet one honest enough to transcend the usual" (Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune)

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"Although '50/50' is structured with the efficiency of a sitcom, there's an undercurrent of truth and real feeling (...) Rating: ***1/2 (out of four)" (Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times)

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"Jonathan Levine has the ideal approach to the material, which is to stand aside, frame each scene honestly and let the actors drive the story" (Colin Covert: Minneapolis Star Tribune )

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"It succeeds mostly thanks to stellar work by the wonderful Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who capably handles the dramatic heavy lifting, and Seth Rogen, who delivers big laughs as his raunchy bud (...) Rating: *** (out of four)" (Lou Lumenick: New York Post)

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"50/50" takes the hackneyed convention of illness-driven melodrama and reinvigorates it with honesty, clear-eyed compassion and unsentimental wit (...) Rating: ***1/2 (out of four)" (Ann Hornaday: The Washington Post)

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"Refusing to hide from pain or bow to it, 50/50 makes its own rules. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen are a dream team (...) Rating: ***1/2 (out of five)" (Peter Travers: Rolling Stone)

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