50/50

A young radio producer discovers that he has a rare form of cancer and that his odds of survival are 50/50.

I went into this expecting a dark comedy and was somewhat disappointed that it wasn't really that funny.  I liked the idea of taking something that was extremely serious and laughing at it.  Making light of awkward situations that might come up, or shamelessly using ones illness to get what you want. But for whatever reason it didn't happen.  There were odd holes and major inconsistencies that not only made this somewhat trite, but also annoying and boring.  The movie is only and hour and forty minutes but it felt much longer.  The love interest is so unbelievable and the characters seem way to cliche.

I really wanted to like this, but... no.


** Rentable


Rated R (for sexual content and language)