Trey Yancy If it were not for Seth Rogan doing what he does best, this would have been a great film. Of course, his role is not fiction but it is about his real-life self in what is based on a true story.As for Love-Hewett - he is just as great as he always has been. He is one of those who can expect to have a very long and productive career. Howard and Kendrick are good in this film, essentially playing characters very similar to those in previous roles. It's nice to see Huston, Frewer and Hall as well - all of whom turn in their typically great performances.The direction is also great. As indicated above, it would have been nice if Rogan's character were not such an annoyance. Humor and wackiness are great, but an obnoxious, crude character is not a plus, even if the character is real.

DKosty123 Levitt as the son with Cancer gets credit from me for playing a difficult role very well. Seth Rogan is a good co-star who has some shining moments. The women here all do well, from the one dimensional ones (one night stands) to the main ones. Kendrick is one of 2 red heads that shines in this one. I thought when watching this that one of the one-night fun women that they meet in a night club sounds exactly like Mila Kunis. Maybe this is an uncredited cameo or maybe another actress has her voice?The story does present a balance that any disease like Cancer is not fair. It is a little wild in that the disease can be used to hit on women. To the films credit, it balances that by the guys who are older victims of the disease and showing how miserable it is when the disease wins. Real life takes turns that often do not agree with anyone, and there are times that the media trys to put everyone in the same category using group think about issues.This one gets outside the box on the issue of Cancer and avoids the sterotypes that are often associated with the illness. It does have some R rated language, but then it is appropriate. Worth a look for the way the subject is handled and a talented cast doing it well with a good script.

merelyaninnuendo 50/50It's tone and the environment of it seems a bit off track some time and it's not that because of some funny sequences, it's just the surrounding of it and the characters they just aren't palpable to it. 50/50 may come off a bit eerie and not easy to digest but it's advantage is that it floats on a light mode and delivers everything in appropriate amount. Jonathan Levine's execution seems like a TV dramatic episode along with the writer Will Reiser. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is doing some of the best work of his career in here and along with the help of a good supporting cast like Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard and Seth Rogen it pretty much gets it right on performance level. 50/50 even though being of around 100 minutes seems a bit long, slow and quite pretentious and one of the main thing it lacks is carrying out the emotional or intense sequences to the audience.

Lee Eisenberg If you've paid attention to cinema for the past decade, you'll probably recognize Seth Rogen as the guy who wants to spend eternity smoking pot with his friends while they discuss bodily functions. But he gets a different role in Jonathan Levine's "50/50". He plays the friend of a cancer-stricken radio journalist (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). The movie manages to balance comedy and drama, as the friends have their usual fun while the neurofibrosarcoma-stricken Adam gets ready for chemotherapy. In the process, we meet Adam's overprotective mother, her Alzheimer's-afflicted husband, and some other people. Probably the most interesting character in the movie is Anna Kendrick's therapist-in-training. New to her job, she does what she has to.So, this is a movie that shows that even these guys who mostly star in silly movies can be versatile. Which is not to subtract from the performances of Kendrick, Anjelica Huston, Philip Baker Hall and Matt Frewer. A fine piece of work.