The film was number one at the box office during its opening weekend and grossed $307 million worldwide against a budget of $12 million. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise given to Woodley's and Elgort's performances and chemistry together, as well as the screenplay.

The Fault in Our Stars had its world premiere at Seattle International Film Festival on May 16, 2014, and was released in North America on June 6, 2014, by 20th Century Fox. Pittsburgh doubled for all of the scenes set in Indianapolis, Indiana, the novel's setting, as well as for some interior scenes set in Amsterdam. Principal photography began on August 26, 2013, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a few additional days in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, before concluding on October 16, 2013. Woodley plays a sixteen-year-old cancer patient forced by her parents to attend a support group, where she meets and subsequently falls in love with another cancer patient, played by Elgort.ĭevelopment began in January 2012 when Fox 2000, a division of 20th Century Fox, optioned the rights to adapt the novel into a feature film. The film stars Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, with Laura Dern, Sam Trammell, Nat Wolff, and Willem Dafoe in supporting roles. The Fault in Our Stars proves that the hype surrounding Green is not overblown.” - NPR “A pitch-perfect, elegiac comedy…it will linger long and hard in the minds of teens and former teens.” - USA TODAY ★“An achingly beautiful story.” - SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, STARRED REVIEW “John Green deftly mixes the profound and the quotidian in this tough, touching valentine to the human spirit.The Fault in Our Stars is a 2014 American coming-of-age romance film directed by Josh Boone, based on John Green's 2012 novel of the same name. Green’s book is also a good example of why so many adult readers are turning to young-adult literature for the pleasures and consolations they used to get from conventional literary fiction.” - TIME “Green writes books for young adults, but his voice is so compulsively readable that it defies categorization. Green shows us true love…and it is far more romantic than any sunset on the beach.” - NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW “One doesn’t like to throw around phrases like “instant classic” lightly, but I can see The Fault in Our Stars taking its place alongside Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret in the young-adult canon. Reviews ★ “In its every aspect, The Fault in Our Stars is a triumph.” - BOOKLIST, STARRED REVIEW “Luminous.” - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY ★ “A smartly crafted intellectual explosion of a romance.” - KIRKUS, STARRRED REVIEW ★ “A blend of melancholy, sweet, philosophical, and funny.

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