I feel like I’ve done nothing but talk about The Fault in Our Stars (TFIOS) recently. After reading it last year and loving it, I wrote a 5-star review. I have been looking forward to the movie so much, it even spurred me into creating the Etsy store I’ve been dreaming of.

Finally, the day came. With my two friends, custom tissues, custom t-shirts, and tickets, we were set! And yes, I did my nails just for the opening night!

It’s always great to hear the audience reaction, which, for most movies is laughing, cheering, etc. Hearing everyone cry together was a little different. Our particular experience was made all the more interesting by the girls literally HOWLING at the saddest part. Howling and so ridiculously that one of my friends and I ending up cracking up during the saddest part. Yeah, well. We weren’t the only ones. Melodrama aside, the movie was rather perfect.

Book Accuracy

I see a lot of books that become movies. Of all those I’ve seen in the last few years, this one gets the most-accurate award. We had to rack our brains for things left out or changed. There were a few minor storylines missing, like Gus’s previous girlfriend and Hazel’s trip to the mall with her non-sick friend. There were a few conversations that took place in a different location, but the biggest change I noticed was that Hazel and her mom didn’t pick Gus up for their adventure, he picked her up (you may have noticed the limo clip in the trailer). But, notice how minor these things are?

Characters

Wonderful. Shailene Woodley (Hazel), Ansel Elgort (Augustus), and Nat Wolff (Isaac) were cast perfectly. Even all the parents, Van Houten, and Lidewij. There was luckily zero weirdness happening with the fact that Shailene and Ansel played siblings in Divergent and are now love interests. It never crossed my mind watching TFIOS. The acting was sweet and funny and the characters came to life as I imagined them in the book.

Plot

Since it was so close to the book, yeah, it was great. Nothing felt rushed or skipped over like often happens in book movies. I think, since it was such realistic fiction, the movie makers were able to focus on the story and the characters and getting the details perfect since they didn’t have to, you know, recreate Chicago or anything.

Overall Entertainment

All the humor of the book was there. The setting was lovely and I want to explore the places that were shot near me, in Pittsburgh. It made me cry, it made me laugh, and it was all in all, all heart-warming and warm fuzzies like the book was.

Movie Trailer

Did you see the movie? What did you think?