Two stars that excel at making hilarious comedies, come together with their performances in a serious drama? Yes, that's 50/50 for you. And while it has plenty of comedic moments (mostly fueled from Seth Rogen's great performance), it's actually a smart, intense, and serious film about a guy who learns who only has a fifty percent chance of surviving his cancer. And the best thing yet, is that Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rogen and the Director are teaming up for another movie.
B+
It's a great story, James Franco was perfectly cast, and Danny Boyle was the right guy to make it. It was interesting, but there really wasn't much story at all. The already very short run-time feels too long, and it's very uneventful. Well-made for sure, but the interest factor could have gone up a little.
B
Pretty much Tom Cruise's big role that made him famous, but why was it? Tom Cruise was good, but certainly not fantastic, and the movie itself is so/so. It's claimed to be an action movie, but I don't remember action. Unless you count the really boring and confusing plane fights (that seemed to inspire Green Lantern's really boring and confusing plane fights), there is literally none. The romance is fake and lame, but some characters are able to convince us that some of the movie's relationships are real. Top Gun 2 may happen, but I think it's a little late.
C+
Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking was an amazing performance that may be the best of the decade, but the film itself seemed to lack something. It was good, but just seems like it could be better.
B+
I had been looking forward to this film forward a long time. With the delays and the bad trailers, I had lost a lot of interest but still wanted to see. Turns out it's a completely disappointing, overrated, awful movie. Steve Carell certainly gives his best performance as a total and absolute creep, but I can't say the same for anyone else. Mark Ruffalo a great actor, did not deserve the Oscar nomination and was actually better in a superhero movie. Channing Tatum lacks any emotion at all and makes the movie a little duller. The movie is completely unhappy at all times. The beginning is extremely boring and the end isn't very. Not to mention it's super weird. I would have preferred the Carell-Tatum-Ruffalo Comedy.
D+
300
Extremely awesome action sequences and great acting make up for the boring scenes that we didn't really want. Certainly memorable and one of the best in its genre.
A-
Kill the Messenger
Looked promising when the first trailer came out, but was actually a disappointment. Was not only uninteresting, but it was confusing too. I still don't know half of the things they were talking about. At least Jeremy Renner was good in it.
C+
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