Hazel and Gus, who often insists on calling her вЂњHazel Grace,вЂќ quickly cook up a plan to make the trip, but itвЂ™s nixed by HazelвЂ™s doctors and parents, concerned that the stress of the journey will strain her lungs and disrupt the experimental cancer-drug treatment sheвЂ™s dependent on for her survival. Then Hazel gets a message from Van Houten himself, and the author invites her to visit if sheвЂ™s ever in Amsterdam. So itвЂ™s a bit shocking and even overwhelming when the writerвЂ™s assistant replies to an email from Gus soliciting information about Van HoutenвЂ™s book. Hazel is borderline obsessed with contacting the elusive Van Houten, but he never responds to her missives.

Irreverent rather than cynical, he freely shares that he intends to вЂњlive an extraordinary lifeвЂќ and bonds with Hazel over her favorite book, An Imperial Affliction, written by Dutch-American author Peter Van Houten ( Willem Dafoe), which just happens to be about living with cancer. Despite losing a leg to cancer, his disease is in remission and heвЂ™s dreaming of new ways to conquer the world, along with his best friend Isaac ( Nat Wolff), whoвЂ™s battling the affliction as well. Hazel gets a chance to branch out when, at the urging of both her mom and her doctor, she joins an often lame though occasionally amusing church-based cancer-survivor support group, where she meets 18-year-old Augustus вЂњGusвЂќ Waters (Elgort), an equally precocious teen with a rather more constructive outlook than HazelвЂ™s.

Instead, her most constant companions are the oxygen tank connected to the breathing tube that supports her seriously compromised lungs, along with her concerned mother,В Frannie ( Laura Dern), and protective father, Michael ( Sam Trammell). A cancer survivor since the age of 13, sheвЂ™s fully in possession of both keen intelligence and sharp wit, if not her health вЂ“ a challenging combination for a kid who could clearly do with a few more friends than she actually has. If any teenager can reasonably be described as вЂњordinary,вЂќ then 16-year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster (Woodley) is far from it. With the onset of summer vacation and few similar distractions in theaters at the outset, The Fault in Our Starsshould perform strongly out of the gate, with the potential to show significant staying power in the weeks following. Both are likely to be strong selling points with the filmвЂ™s youth-skewing target audience, which is being further softened up by a robust marketing campaign and GreenвЂ™s own substantial social media presence. With the bookвЂ™s millions of adoring fans eagerly anticipating the movieвЂ™s release, a distinct risk of blow-back was practically built in to the project.ДЇortunately, director Josh Boone and his filmmaking team appear to have minimized the downside, in part by casting fast-rising star Shailene Woodley in the lead, along with her Divergent franchise co-star Ansel Elgort. With interest in adapting John GreenвЂ™s fourth novel running high even before its 2012 debut atop The New York Times best-seller list, Twilight producers Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen managed to snatch up the film rights to the hugely popular narrative, which may have been a bit of a вЂњbe careful what you wish forвЂќ moment.

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