The honesty driving this picture is undeniable and is evident in every frame, Adam a compelling protagonist and for my part I couldn't take my eyes off of him.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 27, 2012

This frequently funny and moving film proves humour can be wrung from tricky subjects, providing it's done with sufficient thoughtfulness and wit.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 25, 2011

This film leaves a strange taste in the mouth.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 25, 2011

So well-meaning you want to hug it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 25, 2011

A rom-com with brains that - at key moments - feels as sly and sweet as Annie Hall.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 25, 2011

It's not a major landmark on anybody's rsum, but it's nothing to be ashamed of either.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 24, 2011

50/50 is about right.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 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.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 20, 2011

There couldn't be a more serious subject, yet Gordon-Levitt and especially Rogen (who co-produced the movie) make the comedy seem both spontaneous and organic.

Full Review | Oct 14, 2011

Add 50/50 to your want to see list. And then make an appointment for your annual physical with your doctor.

| Oct 7, 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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 30, 2011

Gordon-Levitt is an agreeably undemonstrative actor who plays well opposite the burbly Rogen.

| Original Score: B- | Sep 30, 2011

Chances are about 90/10 that you'll enjoy 50/50.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 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.

| Sep 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.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 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.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 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.

| Sep 30, 2011

The tightrope act of a script by Will Reiser is elevated in remarkable ways by one of the best ensembles of the year, led ably by the great Joseph Gordon-Levitt, doing career-best, Oscar nomination-worthy work.

| Original Score: 4.0/5.0 | Sep 30, 2011

It wrings comedy from cancer and surrounds its saintly protagonist with sickly stereotypes. But the closer it gets to the mortal abyss, the more it feels real and revealing.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 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.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 30, 2011