Deborah Ross

A funny weepie that paints itself into a contrived corner

And to get out of that corner, The Fault in Our Stars paints itself into yet another contrived corner - until it runs out of corners

Love story: Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley [© 2013 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]
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