Saturday, August 15, 2015
50/50
Being
the odds of Adam surviving the form of Cancer he has contracted. The
tone is irreverent and satirical almost totally lacking in
sentimentality. The fact that Seth Rogan plays his best buddy should
telegraph farce. Adam's doctor sits there and dictates notes about
his patient's condition in front of Adam by way of introduction. A
disease of the week movie played for laughs is not your run of the
mill comedy. It plays every cliche in the genre to the hilt. The
insensitive stupid comments, the girlfriend who can't cope and
deserts, the over-protective mother, the inept social
worker/therapist.