The Fault in Our Stars has a warm spirit, but a confused sense of philosophies
On one level, The Fault in Our Stars is fine a romantic drama— delivering a tearful and well performed piece. But on the other hand it's a little too much of everything, leading to a mishmash of philosophies.
At times The Fault in Our Stars seems to be constrained by commercial considerations, never feeling wholly free to express or stay true to the subject matter. We never get a fresh insight into the emotions of either of it's lead characters, both of whom are having to deal with the impact of cancer. With the tragic development of an early life threatening illness, we get a jargon filled account of the fatal disease instead of an account dealing with the impact of potentially dying young. This aspect is never convincingly portrayed within the movie.
straight into the emotional template
The whole purpose of this narrative is to pull on your heartstrings, and it certainly does. From the get go, The Fault in Our Stars gets straight into the emotional template that this movie is built around. But it isn't all about how many times it will activate your tear ducts. There is a pleasant sense of humour and feel good factor running through the spine of the narrative, which, at times, is much needed.
The Fault in Our Stars has a warm spirit of survival and the power of love as it's focal points. It's starts strongly, pulling you into it's raw emotional dynamic but by the time of it's culmination, it's rehashed a few of those ideas and maybe out stayed it's welcome.
It slowly turns into a manipulative melodrama, and no matter how emotionally embracing it becomes, you can't help but sense there is simply not enough depth of character for us to truly care.
For some audiences, it'll be a movie that helps them through tough times, have a sense of realism and be a great comfort— and that's great thing. That demonstrates the power of the movies. For others, this movie was merely created with one eye on the money.
