A bittersweet romance blossoms between two cancer patients, finding unexpected love and rewriting their limited time.
Melancholy and romantic. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Disney+.
Some innuendo or implied sex and mild language, about what a PG-13 should carry.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 10.
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Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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