Frat Boy At the Movies: 50/50
on October 6, 2011 at 10:31 pmJoseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen star in this based-on-a-true-story movie about Rogen’s friend from the Ali G show who got cancer. I saw an interview with Rogen on the Daily Show and the movie sounded like a real door into his life. I was slightly disappointed that Rogen and his buddy, Will Reiser, changed the characters. (I was really hoping for a Sasha Baren Cohen cameo.) Despite that, the movie is pretty good.
Adam (Levitt) finds out he has a rare cancer and Kyle (Rogen) is his best friend who helps. Adam’s life unravels a bit as he has to deal with his relationship problems, his mother and falling for his therapist. Some of the audience walked out of the movie, which I thought was odd, it was paced well. And although Rogen was playing a character, based on what he said in the Daily Show interview and what was on the screen, it felt like there were some genuine moments of him being a dick.
So overall, this is a good flick worth seeing. I would’ve liked to have seen something really close to true life, but this felt pretty genuine. I give it 8 out of 10 keggers.
