History Film / FiftyFifty2011

** To top it all off, Adam ''told'' Rachel that she could leave him beforehand.

* FriendshipMoment: Adam gets annoyed with Kyle's attitude near the end of the film. [[spoiler:But while waiting to go into a final, roll-the-dice surgery, he visits Kyle's house. In the bathroom, bookmarked and dog-eared, he finds a self-help book entitled "Fighting Cancer '''Together'''."]]

* JerkAss: Subverted. Despite Kyle's boorishness, he's shown to have been reading books on how to help a loved one fight cancer by the end of the film.

* [[CaliforniaDoubling Vancouver Doubling]]: Vancouver becomes Seattle. A ad for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotto_6/49 Lotto 6/49]], one of Canada's national lotteries, is seen, shattering the illusion for those who know.
** Not to mention the film's opening 2 minutes contain shots of the Lionsgate Bridge, Vancouver Lookout and show the character jogging through Stanley Park.

* YourCheatingHeart: While Adam goes through chemotherapy, his girlfriend, Rachael, has a one-night stand with an artist from her gallery show. His friend Kyle sees them kiss and snaps a quick photo as evidence.

** Based on the stories told by Mitch she expected Adam to be much older. Kyle jokes that he was really old just looks young sort of like Joeseph Gordon Levitt's character on ThirdRockFromTheSun.

** Based on the stories told by Mitch she expected Adam to be much older. Kyle jokes that he was really old just looks (young[[OlderThenTheyLook]])sort of like Joeseph Gordon Levitt's character on ThirdRockFromTheSun.

** Based on the stories told by Mitch she expected Adam to be much older. Kyle jokes that he was really old just looks young[[OlderThenTheyLook]]sort of like Joeseph Gordon Levitt's character on ThirdRockFromTheSun.

Adam Lerner, a Seattle twentysomething who doesn't smoke or drive, goes to the doctor about a persistent back pain. It turns out to be a rare form of cancer, and Adam is immediately put into chemotherapy. The film shows how he deals with the disease, focusing in particular on the relationship he has with various people in his life. These include his detached girlfriend Rachael (Bryce Dallas Howard), his loyal but excessively laddish best friend Kyle (SethRogen), novice therapist Katie (Anna Kendrick), needy and protective mother (Anjelica Houston) and a group of fellow cancer sufferers with whom he has a sort of support group.

* ReplacementLoveInterest: [[spoiler: Katherine turns out to be this for Adam by the end of the film.]]

* [[CaliforniaDoubling Vancouver Doubling]]: Vancouver becomes Seattle. A ad for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotto_6/49 Lotto 6/49]], one of Canada's national lotteries, is seen, shattering the illusion for those who know.
** Not to mention the film's opening 2 minutes contain shots of the Lionsgate Bridge, Vancouver Lookout and show the character jogging through Stanley Park.

Also a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Adam.

--> '''Adam:''' No, seriously... '''you need to get the fuck off my porch.''' Also a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Adam.

Adam Lerner, a Seattle twentysomething who doesn't smoke or drive, goes to the doctor about a persistant back pain. It turns out to be a rare form of cancer, and Adam is immediately put into chemotherapy. The film shows how he deals with the disease, focussing in particular on the relationship he has with various people in his life. These include his detached girlfriend Rachael (Bryce Dallas Howard), his loyal but excessively laddish best friend Kyle (SethRogen), novice therapist Katie (Anna Kendrick), needy and protective mother (Anjelica Houston) and a group of fellow cancer sufferers with whom he has a sort of support group.

** She cheats on him with a white guys with dreadlocks.
** To top it all off, Adam ''told'' Rachel to leave him beforehand.

* HospitalHottie: Katie qualifies as one of these.

--> '''Adam:''' No, seriously... '''you need to get the fuck off my porch.'''

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Adam has a nervous breakdown and angrily tells Kyle off, telling him that he's nothing but a selfish jerk who's more interested in scoring with women than his friend.

* ReplacementLoveInterest: [[spoiler: Katie turns out to be this for Adam by the end of the film.]]

* StonerFlick: Given the amount of weed Adam eats and smokes, the movie almost qualifies for this.

* [[CaliforniaDoubling Vancouver Doubling]]: Vancouver becomes Seattle. A ad for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotto_6/49 Lotto 6/49]], one of Canada's national lotteries, is seen, shattering the illusion for those who know.

* WatchItStoned: Played straight. During his first session of chemo, Adam's fellow cancer sufferers pass him a tray of pot macaroons.

* EverythingsBetterOnDrugs: Played straight. During his first session of chemo, Adam's fellow cancer sufferers pass him a tray of pot macaroons.

--> ''It takes a pair to beat the odds.''

Adam Lerner, a Seattle twentysomething who doesn't smoke or drive, goes to the doctor about a persistant back pain. It turns out to be a rare form of cancer, and Adam is immediately put into chemotherapy. The film shows how he deals with the disease, focussing in particular on the relationship he has with various people in his life. These include his detached girlfriend Rachael (BryceDallasHoward), his loyal but excessively laddish best friend Kyle (SethRogen), novice therapist Katie (AnnaKendrick), needy and protective mother (AnjelicaHouston) and a group of fellow cancer sufferers with whom he has a sort of support group.

* {{Squick}}: Near the end of the film, Kyle is applying antiobiotic goo to Adam's surgery scar, an enormous crevasse in his flesh. Also, he's applying the goo with his bare finger

* ManipulativeBitch: After leaving him, Adam's girlfriend, Rachel, comes back to get her stuff and plays this part. It doesn't work.
--> Adam: You should go.
--> Rachael: [Kissing him] I don't want to go. I want to stay here with you.
--> Adam: No, seriously... '''you need to get the fuck off my porch.'''

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: See the spoiler text in FriendshipMoment below.

Adam Lerner, a Seattle twentysomething who doesn't smoke or drive, goes to the doctor about a persistant back pain. It turns out to be a rare form of cancer, and Adam is immediately put into chemotherapy. The film shows how he deals with the disease, focussing in particular on the relationship he has with various people in his life. These include his girlfriend Rachael (BryceDallasHoward), his loyal but excessively laddish best friend Kyle (SethRogen), novice therapist Katie (AnnaKendrick), annoying mother (AngelicalHouston) and a group of fellow cancer sufferers with whom he has a sort of support group.

* Squick: Near the end of the film, Kyle is applying antiobiotic goo to Adam's surgery scar, an enormous crevasse in his flesh. Also, he's applying the goo with his bare finger

* AnnoyingPatient: Subverted it on the chemo side, as Adam goes along with the physical treatment without question or complaint. Played almost straight on the psychological side, as his stoic, withdrawn anger makes therapy difficult throughout the film.

* FriendshipMoment: Adam gets annoyed with Kyle's attitude near the end of the film. But while waiting to go into a final, roll-the-dice surgery, he visits Kyle's house. In the bathroom, bookmarked and dog-eared, he finds a self-help book entitled "Fighting Cancer '''Together'''."

Adam Lerner, a Seattle twentysomething who doesn't smoke or drive, goes to the doctor about a persistant back pain. It turns out to be a rare form of cancer, and Adam is immediately put into chemotherapy. Along the way, he:

* breaks up with his selfish girlfriend Rachael (BryceDallasHoward)
* tries to stay upbeat with the help of his schlubby pal Kyle (SethRogen)
* opens up to his novice therapist Katie (AnnaKendrick)
* learns to accept his mother's help (AngelicaHouston)
* loses a chemo buddy (Matt Frewer)

In the end, the chemo isn't effective enough, so he's forced to undergo a risky surgery. As this is based on the true life story of the film's writer, Will Reiser, he survives, and starts dating his therapist.

!! List of tropes that appear in 50/50: