History Film / FiftyFifty2011

* {{NPR}}: Adam works at a local affiliate, developing a story about a local volcano. It becomes a case of "I Have to Finish This Before I Die."

* SlutShaming: ''"Exhibit...WHORE!"''

50/50 is a 2011 comedic drama starring Creator/JosephGordonLevitt as a young man battling cancer.

* ActorAllusion: Naturally, since Rogen is playing himself by a different name. The scene in which Kyle applies antibiotics to Adam's scar, in particular, was taken directly from real life. Nor is this [[FunnyPeople the first time on film]] that Seth Rogen has counseled someone with a terminal illness.
** [[Film/{{Twilight}} Victoria]] can't seem to smell anything wrong with [[Creator/AnnaKendrick Jessica]], but is back in [[TheOtherRainforest Seattle]].

* DyeingForYourArt: Joseph Gordon-Levitt really did shave his head on camera.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Will Reiser based the main characters off of himself and his friend Creator/SethRogen. So basically, Rogen is playing himself.

50/50 is a 2011 comedic drama starring JosephGordonLevitt as a young man battling cancer.

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 relationships 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 (Creator/SethRogen), novice therapist Katie (Anna Kendrick), needy and protective mother (Anjelica Huston) and a group of fellow cancer sufferers with whom he has a sort of support group.

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 relationships 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 (Creator/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.

** A deleted scene reveals that he's heading down to {{Florida}} to move in with his daughter. But before he departs, he leaves Adam a bag filled with every tie he's ever worn.

* {{Adorkable}}: Katherine, who's very sweet but still very new at her job. It also helps that she's played by AnnaKendrick.

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 relationships 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.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Will Reiser based the main characters off of himself and his friend SethRogen. So basically, Rogen is playing himself.

* {{Adorkable}}: Katherine, who's very sweet but still very new at her job. It doesn't hurt that she's played by AnnaKendrick.

* JerkAssWithAHeartOfGold: 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.

* ActorAllusion: Naturally, since Rogen is playing himself by a different name. The scene in which Kyle applies antibiotics to Adam's scar, in particular, was taken directly from real life.

* SoWhatDoWeDoNow?: The last line of the movie is [[spoiler: Katherine saying "So... now what?" in reference to her date with Adam. Adam simply smiles, because he now has the chance to accomplish everything he thought he wouldn't get to.]]

* ManipulativeBitch: After leaving him, Adam's girlfriend, Rachael, comes back to get her stuff and plays this part. It doesn't work.

** Also a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Adam.
* {{NPR}}: Adam works at a local affiliate, developing a story about a local volcano. It becomes a case "I Have to Finish This Before I Die."
* MyBelovedSmother: Anjelica Huston's character.

* [[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.
** The film's opening 2 minutes contain shots of the Lionsgate Bridge, Vancouver Lookout, [[http://www.vfs.com/ VFS]], and Stanley Park.
** Amusingly, one of the things Adam regrets before his life-threatening surgery is that he's "never been to Canada."

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

* BlackComedy: In a film about cancer, this one is inevitable.
** Special mention goes to the scene where Adam walks through a hospital corridor after his first chemo, high as a kite on weed, laughing at the cheesy murals and a ''clearly not empty body bag''.

* EvilRedhead: Rachael is a passive-aggressive version of this:
** She ''waits in the car'' while Adam goes to get chemo.
** On one occasion, she '''forgets to pick him up.'''
** She cheats on him with a white guy with dreadlocks.
** To top it all off, Adam ''told'' Rachael that she could leave him beforehand.

The film was based on the life of the screenwriter, Will Reiser, of whom Rogen has long been a close friend. Thus, Rogen's role in the film was essentially a reenactment of what he did for Reiser.

* LethalDiagnosis: Subverted. The film takes place over several months, and the chemo gradually makes the already thin Adam gaunt and pale, but not immediately.

** Special mention goes to the scene where Adam walks through a hospital corridor after his first chemo, high as a kite on weed, laughing at the cheesy murals, and a ''clearly not empty body bag''.