![]() His ride to the group is his friend Augustus "Gus" Waters (Ansel Elgort), who has been cancer-free for a year and a half. Isaac (Nat Wolff) has already lost one eye to cancer and will soon lose the other and his gorgeous girlfriend. The group leader, Patrick (Mike Birbiglia), is a cancer survivor who means well and tries to spiritualize with their experiences by having them sit around a rug he's made with Jesus' Sacred Heart in the center. Her mom, Frannie (Laura Dern), drops a less-than-enthusiastic Hazel off at the local Episcopal church so she can join in a support group for teens coping with cancer. ![]() ![]() She doesn't go anywhere without the tank and plastic tether that keeps her going. ![]() The chemo has severely damaged her lungs, so she needs constant oxygen. Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) is in her 16th year of life and fourth year of thyroid cancer. Read Sister Rose's Movie Review & Commentary Watch Father Barron's Video Review on the Film John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars has proven to be wildly popular among young adults in the English speaking world, and the recently released film adaptation of the book has garnered both impressive reviews and a massive audience. The two main characters Hazel and Gus meet literally in the 'sacred heart of Jesus' - and by the end of the movie, they discover the central truth of Christian faith that real love is more powerful than death.īy the way, the title is derived from Shakespeare, and the novel's fictional book, An Imperial Affliction, is from an Emily Dickinson poem, " There's a certain Slant of light," that refers to despair.
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