Netflix: This Phenomenal Movie Moved the World… 10 Years Later, It’s Still Making an Impact

Like the love story of its time, it is a phenomenon that first achieved literary success before becoming a hit in cinema. Released in the mid-2010s, The Fault in Our Stars marked a generation of viewers who came to mourn the tragic love story of Hazel and Gus.

Published in January 2012, John Green’s novel has been on the prestigious New York Times bestseller list for more than 119 consecutive weeks. For 49 weeks, the work remained in first place. A success that even its author could not predict.

The Fault in Our Stars – or The Fault in Our Stars – follows Hazel, a terminally ill teenager doomed to repeat crime. When her mother enrolls in a support group for young cancer patients, the heroine meets Gu, a young man who shares her sharp sense of humor.

A story that resonates

Before reading the first page of a book – or starting a movie – we know the story ends badly. This is one of the codes of the genre. But Our opposite stars It stands out thanks to its two bright personalities of the main characters, which are written without pathos and optimistically.

The author started writing the novel in 2000, when he was an intern at a children’s hospital. After banishing the manuscript for several years, he resumed writing ten years later when his friend, Esther Earle, died of cancer.

Two great actors

After being translated into 46 languages, the work has been adapted for the big screen by Josh Boone, starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, a duo fresh off the success of another children’s book adaptation, Divergent.

If the movie is far more devastating than the book, The Fault in Our Stars is worth it just for the thought-provokingly authentic interpretations of the two actors. They are joined by Nat Wolff, Laura Dern and Willem Dafoe in an amazing – and nasty – supporting role.

Among the most amazing moments of the feature film, we remember, among others, the escape in Amsterdam, where the two heroes visit Anne Frank’s house. Prepare the tissues.

The Fault in Our Stars is available on Netflix.