50/50

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  • Opened September 30, 2011 
  • 1 hr 39 min
  • R | some drug use, language throughout and sexual content
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 17+. More on child suitability

  • Inspired by a true story, 50/50 is an original story about friendship, love, survival and finding humor in unlikely places. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen star as best friends whose lives are changed by a cancer diagnosis in this new comedy directed by Jonathan Levine from a script by Will Reiser. 50/50 is the story of a guy’s transformative and, yes, sometimes funny journey to health – drawing its emotional core from Will Reiser’s own experience with cancer and reminding us that friendship and love, no matter what bizarre turns they take, are the greatest healers. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston
  • Director: Jonathan Levine
  • Genres: Comedy, Drama

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50/50: A+

by MattH306

Great Movie. Resonates long after it ends....

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Potty Mouth Overload

by Milo2011

A fine plot, well acted and directed production marred by an abundance of unnessary off-color, smutty sexual bachelor babble and salacious situations. Are all under 30ers really this amoral and vain?...

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Great Family Movie

by morgan23

This movie is fantastic, its a great comedy all the way thru even though its about someone who gets cancer i stayed in a good mood the whole movie it kept me and my family laughing i was there with...

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USA Today
| Claudia Puig

Every performance in the film is flawless. Read full review

88
Rolling Stone
| Peter Travers

A movie handled with this kind of care is a rare gift. Refusing to hide from pain or bow to it, 50/50 makes its own rules. It'll get to you. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

The result is a duet of outstanding loveliness between Kendrick and Gordon-Levitt, also an actor of nuanced control. Read full review

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New York Daily News
| Joe Neumaier

50/50 pulls no punches in its depiction of living day-to-day with illness. There's pain and fear, no question. But this dramatic comedy is also warm, honest and, most especially, funny. Read full review

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Adam and Seth Rogen as Kyle in ``50/50.''