I gave this 2 stars. One for Laura Dern and one for Willem Dafoe. This movie is terribly written kind of like the book. It reads like a bad book by John green. Not only was the premise absurd and offensive, but the characters were 2 dimensional at best. Laura dern deserves compensation for the bland simpleton of a character she was forced to work with. Willem dafoe is such a good actor that I actually found myself captivated by his character despite how hamhanded Green wrote his character. Willem forever! <3 The only saving grace of this movie is the fact that is is going to be forgotten much like Augustus is afraid of. But I can't neglect to mention something in this movie that made my body recoil and my soul leave my body (in a bad way). The Anne Frank annex scene. How dare you John? How dare you diminish Anne Frank's suffering and have these horny teens to kiss where she hid in a cupboard from Nazis. Tasteless. This was so offensive I actually forgot where I was and who I am. And I still don't know. And not only this, but everyone claps? When they kiss? So disrespectful. No one who has been to a Holocaust museum would ever feel like kissing someone, but rather disgusted and sad for the victims of the Holocaust. I am still baffled that this was put to paper and then the big screen. RIP my happiness.