Meanwhile, her co-star Ansel Elgort, is a revelation. It’s in movies like this (along with THE DESCENDANTS, THE SPECTACULAR NOW and the upcoming WHITE BIRD IN A BLIZZARD) that really makes you realize she’s a star-in-the-making (although once the box-office receipts for this come in she may just be a full-on star). It’s a tough part but she plays it wonderfully. But what’s even better is that Woodley plays her without an ounce of despair, giving her an attitude and backbone that makes you –as the audience – relate to her rather than pity her. There’s something about her that seems innocent and fragile, and this is amplified here by the fact that she spends the entire movie hooked up to an oxygen tank, looking like she could slip away any second. The key thing about Woodley is that she’s likable.
While yes, she hasn’t got the larger-than-life presence Lawrence has, at the same time I’m not sure Lawrence would have been able to pull off something as nakedly sentimental as this, which really and truly plays to all of Woodley’s strengths. In my review of DIVERGENT, I wrote that Shailene Woodley seemed out of place in an action movie, and I – God forbid – even compared her unfavorably to Jennifer Lawrence. Obviously, whether a romance succeeds or not on the big screen comes down to the chemistry of the stars, and this is where FAULT excels – big time. To my surprise, THE FAULT IN OUR STARS turned out to be a pretty damn terrific little teen movie, not unlike another recent film that surprised me – THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. Truth be told, I went into this expecting a kind of Nicholas Sparks story for kids – being unfamiliar with book by John Green. How many readers were conceived after their parents went to see LOVE STORY? Or twenty years later, GHOST? Certainly THE FAULT IN OUR STARS seems primed to do the same thing, making it the date movie of the year. Then again, doomed love stories have a way with audiences. REVIEW: You could be forgiven if – after reading my plot synopsis – you assume THE FAULT IN OUR STARS is a downer. But with each getting sicker, will they be able to make the most of their time together before the clock runs out? PLOT: Two terminally ill teens ( Shailene Woodley& Ansel Elgort) meet and fall in love at a cancer support group.
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