John Green: The Third Degree
John Green doesn’t take his fame seriously, so why should we? Here, a slightly absurd chart of the author’s connections to the stars.
The film is certainly carried by the performances of Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort as its star-crossed, cancer-stricken couple, but it receives much-needed doses of gravitas and vigor from Willem Defoe as the eccentric author of the book over which Hazel and Augustus bond.