Don't get me wrong, I did notice that there are a lot of people who "enjoyed" this and declared this as their favorite movie of 2014 (or at least the month they watched this). Unfortunately I couldn't see it that way, which has to do with the fact, that this is so by the numbers that it hardly evoked an emotional reaction (once at the airport scene with the father, but several times it was shuddering, because of the sugar overload this has).

I actually was under the impression it was another Nicholas Sparks film/novel this was based on. Not because I read this anywhere, but of how the "story" "developed". No real surprises here, not even that you get beautiful people looking beautiful, while pretending to be something else (or sick). That wouldn't matter though, because even movie sickness is best portrayed by someone we love to watch, but the fact it lies to itself ("you are a fairy tale/movie" is what someone should tell the voice over, if it actually helped ... but it won't).

A far better movie on the subject, which actually does evoke emotion if you get on the ride is "50/50". Joseph Gordon Levitt and Anna Kendrick are killing it (sorry for the pun). Still this movie has a fan base which will hate my guts for writing all those things, but I would be lying if I wrote anything else. Perception is everything