Barring a miracle, Hazel’s days are numbered – and she is haunted by the knowledge that when she dies, she will destroy her parents’ lives. The drug Phalanxifor has bought her some time, but she’s stage four, and she has no illusions about what that means. If you haven’t read the book or seen the film, the basic premise is this: Hazel is a 16-year-old girl with thyroid cancer. Hazel Grace Lancaster is the anchor of The Fault in Our Stars, the new film from director Josh Boone that’s based on John Green’s hit YA novel about cancer and love. The film is about life-and-death, but on a personal scale-and that’s why it’s powerful. While the teen-centric blockbusters are about trying to save the world, The Fault in Our Stars is a movie about the transience of your own, little life. This past week, The Fault in Our Stars joined that list. Hollywood has recently pumped out a string of top-grossing movies with dynamic, tough female protagonists: The Hunger Games, Frozen, Maleficent, Divergent, Gravity. Somewhere in a flat above Diagon Alley, Hermione Granger is sleeping soundly. I know it sounds absurd but, by God, let’s run with it. In the last year, it seems like movie studios have learned that audiences actually want to watch movies that center on smart female leads. Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort star as the teens whose story inspired an infinite pile of Tumblr fan art.
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