...a Gen-Y Terms of Endearment that bullseyes both the existential dilemma and piercing clarity that cancer sufferers experience.
- Simon Foster, sbs.com.au, March 07, 2012
For all of the attention 50/50 has gotten for being the 'cancer comedy', it's received not nearly enough praise for being so moving and emotionally satisfying.
- Simon Miraudo, Quickflix, February 28, 2012
This frequently funny and moving film proves humour can be wrung from tricky subjects, providing it's done with sufficient thoughtfulness and wit.
- Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph, November 25, 2011
This film leaves a strange taste in the mouth.
- Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK], November 25, 2011
50/50 is about right.
- Tom Huddleston, Time Out, November 22, 2011
Whether you're after a comedy-drama about cancer or a Rogen laugh-fest with added heart, this does a remarkable job of balancing the odds.
- Adam Smith, Empire Magazine, November 20, 2011
Still, it's Gordon-Levitt's choices that continue to impress. Sure, he owned one of the most jaw-dropping sequences in last summer's blockbuster Inception. But the actor remains drawn to profoundly human-scale hurts and quiet triumphs.
- Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post, September 30, 2011
Gordon-Levitt is an agreeably undemonstrative actor who plays well opposite the burbly Rogen.
- Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, September 30, 2011
Chances are about 90/10 that you'll enjoy 50/50.
- Tom Long, Detroit News, September 30, 2011
Scene by scene, 50/50 can be both amusing and moving, with the tightly wound Gordon-Levitt and the boundaryless Rogen forming an oddly complementary pair. But as a whole the movie never quite coheres.
- Dana Stevens, Slate, September 30, 2011
In other hands, Adam might well be hard to take. But as the comedy in 50/50 turns darker, Gordon-Levitt, who's maybe the most natural, least affected actor of his generation, makes prickly plenty engaging.
- Bob Mondello, NPR, September 30, 2011
An everyman tale with plenty of heart and honesty, the serious subject matter is regularly enlivened with jolts of genuine hilarity, some of it in delightfully questionable taste.
- Linda Barnard, Toronto Star, September 30, 2011
What ensues is "Beaches" meets "Pineapple Express." Which, I've got to tell you, is pretty much what living with cancer is like.
- Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon.com, September 30, 2011
Director Jonathan Levine has the ideal approach to the material, which is to stand aside, frame each scene honestly and let the actors drive the story.
- Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune, September 30, 2011
The truly outrageous idea, that you can use being gravely ill to get sympathy hookups for yourself and your friends - as underlined in the movie's original, better title, "I'm With Cancer" - is given short shrift.
- Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger, September 30, 2011
It succeeds mostly thanks to stellar work by the wonderful Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who capably handles the dramatic heavy lifting, and Seth Rogen, who delivers big laughs as his raunchy bud.
- Lou Lumenick, New York Post, September 30, 2011
So well-meaning you want to hug it.
- Nigel Andrews, Financial Times, November 25, 2011
It's not a major landmark on anybody's résumé, but it's nothing to be ashamed of either.
- Matt Bochenski, Little White Lies, November 24, 2011
The elements of 50/50 that do work are strong enough to carry the film along and affecting enough to bring losers like me to tears in their cinema seats.
- Charlie Lyne, Ultra Culture, October 17, 2011
Add 50/50 to your want to see list. And then make an appointment for your annual physical with your doctor.
- Leah Rozen, The Wrap, October 07, 2011
