crying at the DUMB cancer movie *THE FAULT IN OUR STARS FIRST-TIME REACTION*

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TO CLARIFY: We have multiple close friends who've survived Hodgkins, Leukemia, deal with Endometriosis and Lyme (to name a few) and Rizzo has recently worked as a caretaker to someone with Multiple Sclerosis. This is not to excuse any insensitive language but to add context and assurance that we are sensitive and empathetic to those dealing with disability and/or chronic illness. Our humor is at the expense of the overly saccharine and patronizing use of someones trauma and illness. “Fault” is a sensitive and beloved work of art for some, but that doesn’t exclude it from playful criticism. There are many in the community who are not happy with the way Hollywood appropriates and sanitizes *and romanticizes* their pain for entertainment and resent feeling treated as a “fragile other." Our goal is to provide laughter for those who desire to be treated as an equal human being (and not as a victim) and would rather find the humor in the darkness. Life doesn’t end after diagnosis and we all deserve to be valued ☺️ [EDIT: *romanticizes*]

[@taylorgayhart9497]

No one gets dark humor like the chronically and terminally ill, trust me!! I myself an chronically (not terminally) ill and have unfortunately lost a bestie to cancer, and when I tell you our jokes were INAPPROPRIATE I am not exaggerating. I remember it driving his mom crazy lol but even she got it. Laughter is the best balm for any pain!

[@noeliairustavalverde9052]

Absolutely understand. It’s just humor. Whoever doesn’t understand is just taking it waaaay to far and should actually be mad at the MOVIE itself.

[@sandpills2612]

You guys have no idea how much I appreciate this video and these words as a Lymphoma survivor. While doing treatment & having next to no support system, I spent a lot of time watching films depicting "young people dying of cancer", and I would make the same jokes as well. I still can't grasp entirely around my feelings towards this type of media -- on one hand I desperately needed something to grasp on and cry to, but at the same time it is exactly the appropriation and romanization, the capitalizing on pain and the telling of "if you're young and hot you'd fall in love despite unfortunate times" that's extremely laughable (and at times sad). Currently working on a zine called Tumor Humor to understand express these feelings, haha! Thank you for being sensitive and vulnerable always.

[@danilteixeira199]

❤❤❤

[@hotstuff400]

I dont think that this movie romanticises on people with condition's pain.. considering that this movie is a book adaption based from a real life story. The movie even is an inspiration that there is love and life even when going through such difficult situations in life. There is a silver lining. And the movie captured that. I think it's a beautifully done and inspiring film.

[@erzelsmith4789]

Rizzo is a physical embodiment of me moving back and forth between dark humor and sobbing my soul out. I love it

[@Constancekavon]

I can appreciate it too. My mom passed away with Breast cancer 3 years ago. It might seem strange, but moving back and forth from sadness and dark humor is exactly how I’ve dealt with it

[@aliciax5854]

@@Constancekavont’s not strange and people need to realise that, a lot of people have dark humour as a coping mechanism. It’s a fine way to cope, my cousin lost my aunt to cancer and that’s how she copes with it too. I’m very sorry about your Mum, may she rest in peace. She’s in a good place!! ❤❤❤

[@CalDeanOffical]

@@Constancekavondefinitely! I cried several times watching this as my dad passed of cancer two years ago, it helped so much hearing the humour since it’s a lot lol, tbf I can’t deal without the humour lol

[@CalDeanOffical]

@@Constancekavonsending love your way too! 🌷🌷🌷

[@cyrusdorian1175]

Hey, I read the book for english in freshmen year and I thought I'd share a fun fact! The title of the book comes from a Shakespeare quote. "The fault is not in our stars, dear Brutus, but in ourselves" basically it means you can't blame fate for bad things that happen to you because they're your fault. The book's title is meant to challenge that because it's not Hazel or Augustus' fault that they have cancer they were just dealt a bad hand from the start.

[@PinkPopcast]

Damn! Or maybe the fault was in their (movie) stars since Ansel Elgort has been accused of some shifty (possibly illegal) behavior 👀

[@Awesomesauce1_8_6_4]

@@PinkPopcast lmao that too 🤣

[@laurajaynenolan2149]

The quote could also be interpreted as “ourselves” being faulty, the fault is something fundamental in our make up. Not you are at fault but you have a fault. The fault is in us rather than made by us.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Quote of the Day: “We’re using humour to make sure we don’t cry.”

[@thesubmarinekid7260]

I do that on a daily

[@JuMixBoox]

When her parents said "It was a privilege to love him, though? That's how we feel about you." that hit me so hard. I didn't expect it and I didn't expect parental love to be centered in that moment like that. I never watched the movie but I definitely cried over the book as a teenager and today was really a day I needed to cry on so yeah, you got me.

[@sharnaystavrou]

seeing rizzo cry was actually so sweet; i wish more guys would see that its okay to feel that type of vulnerability instead of ALWAYS acting tougher than others. we need more guys like rizzo and we need more humour like Benji. i love you both always xx

[@littlemissmello]

The bench by the canal in Amsterdam where Augustus tells Hazel his cancer's back was stolen so many times that the city permanently removed it

[@PinkPopcast]

Omg noooo 😂🤣😭

[@palacsintakat]

Who steals a bench lol wtf

[@nicolettemaloy]

The author of the fault in our stars (John Green) was inspired to write the book after working as a student chaplain in a children's hospital, and it is dedicated to his friend Esther Earl, who died of thyroid cancer in 2010, aged 16. However Hazel is not supposed to be Esther, John has made it very clear that their stories are very different. Side note I read this book/watched the movie a year after my mom died of cancer (I was 12 I’m 21 now) and the jokes you made are very similar to the ones I made 😂😂 gotta use humor to cope

[@madeleinereads]

I remember John Green saying that once his work is done, it belongs to the readers. So, even when people have asked him questions about what happens to Hazel after the book, he doesn't answer the question. He leaves it up to his readers.

[@aliciax5854]

That’s so young to pass away, bless him. I really hope one day there’s a proper cure that can prevent all of this unnecessary suffering. It’s hurt so many families, including mine.

[@nahomibarba1252]

I remember when people made the cigarette metaphor their entire personality

[@PinkPopcast]

Nooooooooooo 😅🚬

[@GoCrazyBaby3]

Seriously???😭😭

[@hectortrujillo4311]

Lmfao yes, early fuckboys

[@Alice-dx3rv]

The last paragraph of the book is essentially the eulogy voice over at the very end of the movie but instead of asking 'Okay Hazel Grace?' Gus says 'I like my choices. I hope she likes hers.' To which she responds 'I do, Augustus. I do.' I was bawling when I read it and when I watched that scene in the theater too. The line about the PET scan lighting up like a Christmas tree also gets me every time.

[@micaylarollerson5599]

I first saw this movie with a group of about 10 girls. We were all coming off a week of being terrorized by fourth graders (we were summer camp counselors) and every single one of us wept from beginning to end. Maybe it was the exhaustion…

[@PinkPopcast]

😂😂 both!

[@lstarsabb]

When Hazel got that call are starts breaking down... even if your not a person that cries during movies I think it was hard not to at least tear up. Shailene Woodley killed that role.

[@aliciax5854]

She’s a very good actress, I haven’t watched this movie in years. Might have to watch it again aha.

[@taylorgayhart9497]

John and I met in college, but we were from the same hometown so after we graduated we actually got closer. He was in town for Christmas and we went to see a movie, his knee was hurting so badly I had to go get his car for us and pick him up. I made him go to the doctor to have it looked at, thinking he injured it somehow. It was cancer. Metastatic Osteosarcoma. He started treatment, had most of his leg removed, and spent 9 months in and out of Moffitt. I remember the last really good day we had we sat on the beach and watched a cruise ship go by, he pointed and said “next year you and me, we are taking a cruise!” I found out later he knew from day one he was dying. The cancer was already in his lungs, and no matter how much treatment they did there was no fixing it. He did the treatment anyway, because he would never give up, even if there wasn’t a chance. His first night in hospice he ended up with like 20 visitors at once so we ordered pizza and snuck in beer, we all told stories about college, and told his mom about all the drunk shenanigans he got into. I remember him smiling so much, I forgot for the night why were there. He passed away 9 days later, 9 months after his diagnosis. Sometimes when I think about him, and how young he was when he passed, it breaks my heart all over again, even 13 years later. But sometimes when I think about him, I remember him laying in the hospital bed with a huge grin on his face, or sitting in the beach in the sand planning vacations he knew he wouldn’t take, and he inspires me to change my attitude, even if I can’t change my circumstances. Even when he knew he was dying, he never stopped living, and I think that’s beautiful.

[@PinkPopcast]

Taylor thank you much! I am at a loss for words but thank you so much! You are loved and your story is appreciated 🥺 next time save us some pizza 🍕

[@taylorgayhart9497]

@@PinkPopcast thank you and will do!!! ♥️

[@WayOverThePond]

I know this was two years ago, but thank you for sharing this story. It was a privilege to read about John . Your way of writing about him brought me to tears. I hope you are well.

[@msjkramey]

I wonder how John Green feels about this book now that his brother Hank Green has cancer himself. Ive lost a couple people to it, but i cant imagine watching a sibling go through it. I really hope he pulls through

[@PinkPopcast]

Omg that’s terrible news 🥺🥺🥺

[@KaiLucasZachary]

You can't just group "cancer" all together as one thing. What Hank Green has is nothing in comparison to what the character in this story has.

[@msjkramey]

@@KaiLucasZachary why are you making it a competition? Even the more survival cancers are scary and suck to go through

[@acelovesdiyschristopher7023]

​@@KaiLucasZachary I didn't know any cancer was less valid than another thanks for letting me know!🙄

[@MoMo-rx4zr]

@@KaiLucasZacharyYou’re right, you can’t compare…because the on you imply has it worse is FICTIONAL

[@taylorgayhart9497]

I will say, if I was the mom and my daughter broke up with a kid with cancer because he became blind, I would 100% let him egg her car!!! I would literally go back in and get them more eggs!!!

[@hopet7090]

I was working at a movie theater when this movie came out. I kept hearing about customers coming out crying and I had never read the books but I knew what happened because of the customers. So I decided to see what the hype was about ……like I’m not gonna cry. ….. I cried so hard I gave myself a headache. This is on my list of movies I ugly hardcore cried at

[@sanabbb3642]

The reason why Gus kept staring at her in the beginning was because (not included in the movie) he had an ex gf that looked exactly like Hazel (she also had cancer and passed) that's why he was shocked and kept looking.

[@PinkPopcast]

Oh that’s super awkward…kid’s got a type

[@kareneide]

Did his first girlfriend dump him because of the cancer in the book?

[@samd4800]

@@kareneide she actually died before the events of the book

[@kareneide]

Oh, ok

[@TheDemi2214]

I burst into tears in the cinema, scaring my sister in the process 😂 I NEVER cry during movies/tv series, but this one hits different somehow.

[@PinkPopcast]

It for sure got Rizzo

[@elenadehaan6549]

When i watched this in cinema the whole room was ugly crying 😂😂

[@bebeeidems3046]

@@PinkPopcast Oh Rizzo, you are such a softie, and I 💕 it. Benji make sure you always have a box of tissues on hand for him.😃

[@jessiedobbiereactions]

I cry through out this entire movie every. Damn. Time. The book is even better!

[@JabberwockyReacts]

It's legitimately the first book I ever actively had to put down and walk away from to compose myself.

[@jessiedobbiereactions]

@@JabberwockyReacts Oh I hear you, the words are so powerful. The eulogy scene kills me every time 😭

[@bella_daze3092]

22:10 bro I had the exact same reaction when reading the book😭😭 this reaction was so cathartic because I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one who thought this

[@kaitlynrain899]

take a shot every time they yell at augustus to get rid of the cigarette

[@PinkPopcast]

Only if you don’t have to drive later 😂

[@energymaven7537]

Seeing Rizzo cry made me cry. Someone get this man some tissues and hugs! Benji's knowing looks though, haha. I also avoided this movie because of all the expected dumb, romanticized manic pixie dying girl/guy tropes, but these two made it entertaining.

[@warrickgirl37]

My ex and I went to go see this, I had read the book and was so excited to see it. He said he’s good at avoiding purposely tear jerking moments in TV and movies but when it got to the part where Isaac says he would give the robot eyes back because he doesn’t want to see the world without Augustus he grabbed the tissues from my hand and dabbed at a few tears I actually teared up with Rizzo several times. Also “it’s ok grandma just wanted us to come over for thanksgiving”. I was crying because I always tear up at the scene where hazel finds out Gus died and that line made me crack up. Thank you Benji Edited to add: I’ve been to the funky bones sculpture where Augustus and Hazel have their picnic. It’s part of the Newfields museum of modern art in Indianapolis where the author John Green lives. It used to be known as the 100 acres but now it’s known as the Virginia B Fairbanks art and nature park. I highly recommend checking it out if you get the chance. It’s got all kind of interesting sculptures and is just a fun place to check out

[@SuperDankBadger]

I knew this would be the perfect reaction to actually kinda watch the movie. I’m going through cancer treatments myself right now and have been avoiding this movie, I needed the dark humor mixed in. Great video. Thank you guys!

[@PinkPopcast]

First off: thanks for watching! Secondly, I’m so happy you were able to find joy in this! I’ve had a few friends struggle with chronic illness, disease, disability etc. and I know how surprisingly rejuvenating dark humor can be. Makes us feel like actual humans in charge of our own destiny instead of just victims! You’re awesome Kit!

[@PinkPopcast]

Please don’t… KIT the bucket… 🥴😅💀

[@crystalrose_pa]

Me reading the video title: "Well geeeee... I WONDER which one it could be??? Such a mystery......." 😂 Genuinely though, I appreciate that Rizzo isn't afraid to cry on camera. Growing up I never saw men in my life cry and even as a woman was kind of shamed by them for crying during movies/TV shows, so it's honestly refreshing and restores my faith in men just the tiniest bit lmao. Love you both and can't wait to see what's next! 😊

[@PinkPopcast]

😂😂😂 it’s a pretty obvious pick who will cry for the popstars! Glad Rizzo could restore your faith a bit

[@n2essence]

SAME!

[@shelele3161]

I kinda want you to watch "My Sister's Keeper" but Rizzo might literally become a puddle of tears and I don't want Benji to have to get a mop.

[@AllDaGoodUsernamesWereTaken]

Ioih same but the movie is so different from the book though I have mixed feelings about it-

[@Darkrose517]

OMG yeah. That one wrecks me every time I so much as watch the trailer...

[@hayleycameron4591]

No omg, I’ve never cried to a movie harder then that one 😭

[@TacticusPrime]

In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Cassius says: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings." But the whole thing with Hazel and Gus is that the fault is in their stars.

[@Ladyknightthebrave]

I mean if y'all really want to ugly cry while watching a movie might I recommend A Monster Calls. That movie will fuck you up

[@Parabatai93]

I’m torn now because i want to say ‘oh god no, i don’t think my mental health can go through that movie again’ and ‘oh yes, you should definitely watch a monster calls’. Since I feel like crying some more with you two, I’m gonna say please do react to A Monster Calls.

[@Nymi4793]

Same, it’s the only movie that has made me tear up quite painfully besides the Lovely Bones(I also recommend that movie. It’s from the perspective a dead girl who watches her family live on as well as her killer while trying to find a way to accept her death). I showed it to my mom too, although at first she didn’t think she would like it based on the trailer, and it made us burst into tears as well and I rarely ever cry nowadays, i lowkey forgot how to….oh well anyway hope u both watch one of these💜💜

[@Parabatai93]

@@Nymi4793 ooh i love the Lovely Bones. Which is weird because it is very…unsettling and it always leaves me feeling sad and angry, but at the same time…it doesn’t (?). I don’t know but it is one of my favorite movies of all times for when I’m already feeling sad.

[@laurenainslee]

I was thinking the same thing but with My Girl… I ugly cry every time

[@rocktheroadtowembley]

Oh my this movie!!!!!

[@Sun.Shine-]

This film is no joke for me. Its the church eulogy scene that gets me. Every damn time. The first time i watched it completely from beginning to end, i had an existential crisis & intense panic attack 🙌😢

[@Parabatai93]

It’s the ‘I don’t wanna see a world without Augustus Waters’ for me. I could handle the book up until that sentence. After that it was a crying fest, and same goes with the movie 🥲

[@Sun.Shine-]

@@Parabatai93 To be specific, its hazels "you gave me a forever, within the numbered days, and I'm eternally grateful". Then it begins... 😢😢😢😢

[@WhatWouldDaraWatch]

I cried with you Rizzo. I ponder my mortality often, long story short, I’m disabled and immune compromised, so living in this pandemic as been an extra special brand of anxiety inducing ridiculousness. Thanks for being vulnerable and open. You and Benji bring a lot of joy, laughter and great conversation to our beautiful, surreal experience. 💜 I would be honored to have friends like you two. Okay, I’m going to stop, because I’m starting feel like I’m too old to be this candid on the Internet. 🤦🏾‍♀️😃

[@PinkPopcast]

I have a lot of immune compromised friends and a few of them are disabled! This pandemic has been no joke for them and is a constant reminder of how “lucky” (i.e. privileged) i am as an able-bodied person. The world is not set up for many other people and I can’t even begin to imagine the stress 😢😭

[@maria.louisee]

Rizzo’s face while the author is talking is such a mood

[@MariaLuiza-tb1li]

I remember watching it on the cinema, and then there was this couple (guy and girl) sitting next to me, at the end of the movie, the girlfriend was patting the guy in the back because he couldn’t stop crying and I felt so bad for him 😂 Everyone left the room sobbing

[@briannathomas7986]

I read the book and sobbed. My best friend and I waited for 5 hours to watch the midnight premiere, which happened to be the day after I found out my aunt had breast cancer. I sobbed the whole way through

[@packnetadaija]

I read the book and saw this in theaters! I remember I went to go see this at the opening premiere and as soon as the studio logos started playing some fart knocker screamed out “Augustus dies at the end” and everyone just booed him, it’s like ugh don’t be that guy! And there was a worker standing outside the theater holding tissue boxes because of how many people came out the theater crying it was an experience haha

[@PinkPopcast]

Gross! I’ve been nervous about that recently for some reason - we went to see SCREAM and out of nowhere I was like, “what if someone shouts out a spoiler!?!?” 😬😬😬

[@packnetadaija]

@@PinkPopcast haha i mean I've only experienced that the one time but man everyone was so mad at that guy hahah and I mean I was too! like don't be a fartknocker and say spoilers in the movie

[@sariyanoor3891]

I think we can all guess who cried more in this video..

[@PinkPopcast]

😅😅

[@royalkthv]

it’s a shame willem dafoe didn’t say “i’m something of a scientist myself” in this movie

[@stephanieburket7899]

No lie, your channel brings me so much joy. How am I supposed to watch emotional or scary movies/shows without your commentary? 😂

[@jennifermc1221]

There will never not be a time where Hazel says "Gus, I'm a grenade" and I don't think of the meme where it cuts to Breaking Bad with the wheelchair bomb scene

[@PinkPopcast]

🛎🛎🛎

[@PinkPopcast]

💣💣💣

[@PinkPopcast]

💥💥💥

[@PinkPopcast]

💀💀💀

[@caitlyn.m.t9618]

I get the whole cracking jokes and laughing thing to ease the emotional impact. When I showed my friends A Monster Calls, a movie about a young boy whose mother is dying from cancer and so a tree monster gets up and tells him these fairy tale stories that have unexpected endings, we were doing the same. Trying to fill the room with laughter, and then suddenly going quiet whenever something would happen. It is a good movie, one of my favourites actually.

[@noeliairustavalverde9052]

I believe Benji had his tear ducts shut off just like Rosa Díaz from B99.

[@PinkPopcast]

Pretty much lol, I’m gonna end up crying at something stupid 😂

[@Lyyysa]

No, I just needed something to listen to while doing my dishes…when I heard…”grown up Cupid doll” ….the laugh/ shout noise I made was unimaginable. Dried my hands and subscribed immediately 😭😭

[@janakubickova2526]

I cry during movies quite often, but this was the first book that had me sobbing while reading. Gah, the reality of cancer is written so well and it's packed with emotion. I think the movie was easier to get through, but I still cried.

[@seoulsearcher7628]

Another really good one is called "my sisters keeper"! Literally will have you both bawling in tears from beginning to end.

[@MZ-bl6wg]

I absolutely love this movie and bawl every time especially when M83’s song comes on at the end while hazel hears the poem . Lost my mom to cancer recently and working thru the dark cloudy storm that follows cancer. Thanks for throwing some comedy in the reaction.

[@queerlybelovdd]

augustus on the plane: but ma'am! this is my emotional support cigarette🥲 the more you know: laura dern became a gay icon after playing the lesbian character ellen has a crush on/comes out to on her old show and was lowkey blacklisted in the industry for a while just by association

[@PinkPopcast]

Thank you, apparently I failed lgbt history in school ….oh wait…😅

[@queerlybelovdd]

@@PinkPopcast don't remind me! the lack of lgbt history taught in schools is atrocious 💯

[@nasla6256]

the title comes from a line in Julius Caesar - Shakespeare's play - that says: "The fault, dear Brutus is not in our stars / But in ourselves, for we are underlings" stars mean destiny and the quote says that we can't blame it for our choices. in the movie it means that sometimes it is up to fate and there's nothing we can do about it.

[@nathalia4113]

This is my favorite reaction so far! Even though this movie is very sad you managed to make me laugh the whole time. You're both so wholesome and funny and empathetic. I can't wait for the next video! 🤍

[@liveinluv]

I love Rizzo and Benji together, their personalities are so great together!!! Absolutely love their commentaries, they can always make me smile

[@Nebulametal]

😢✨ Crying over here! I didn’t expect to be this emotional watching The Fault in Our Stars! The characters pulled at my heartstrings so much. 💔 Can't believe I waited this long to see it! Who else was a puddle by the end? 😂💦 #FirstTimeReaction #TheFaultInOurStars #EmotionalRollerCoaster

[@mumygirl1890]

Didn't cry during this movie but always cry when watching MY Sister's Keeper.

[@Laura-ob4om]

Oh I cried my eyes out during that movie. I think thats the saddest movie I've ever seen.

[@warrickgirl37]

@@Laura-ob4om you should read the book if you haven’t already. They changed the ending in the movie and the ending of the book was very unexpected and pretty tragic

[@Desiree7528]

I don't care how many times I watch this movie it makes me cry everytime but it's okay 😭

[@alejandracampos1514]

The reason why Augustus tells Hazel that it would be an honor to have his heart broken by her is because he knew he was going to die first and he would have prefer to outlive her instead of her suffering because of his death.

[@samd4800]

FUCK

[@emilyoliver4410]

This has officially become my comfort video. When I'm completely overwhelmed with school( I'm in an accelerated bachelors+ masters program) or life I come and watch this video. I get to both laugh until my stomach hurts and cry a bit without feeling dumb because Rizzo is crying too. I always feel so much better and more regulated after watching it. I know it probably sounds weird but it is what it is🤪

[@PinkPopcast]

Sounds like a hectic time in your life but we’re happy to make you laugh, and to cry with you! Congrats on your accelerated program that’s impressive 😊😊

[@aliciax5854]

It’s not weird at all, do whatever works for you!

[@vphoria4688]

"is he taking out other cancer girls" was hilarious, also i recommoned watching five feet apart!

[@yikesgina]

That one hurt so bad 😭

[@Vendettis]

I want to hug Rizzo, I always cry. My best friend showed this too years ago and I balled as she rubbed my back and comforted me...I'm such a crier...I cried again here...love this movie.

[@lasrrisa]

Not me crying again after having read the book, what, 10 years ago? Rizzo, I see you. Benji, you were an awesome contrapoint for us to not just keep crying through the entire movie. Love you both!

[@TacticusPrime]

John Green worked as a chaplain when he was studying to go to seminary. That scene with Hazel and the other kids was drawn from his experiences. There's definitely something about chronic illness that you can understand without experiencing it and/or loving someone through it.

[@LovelyJohnsonloveallways]

Thank you both for doing this movie. This movie was the last movie my mom and I saw together in the theaters before she past. So thank you for allowing me to laugh and cry with you. Much love to you both

[@WinterSPF15]

Saying the cigarette is Augustus’ binky took me out 😂

[@shaughnessynoble410]

Benji, we both hit the last notes of the song Boom Clap in the video at the same time!!! This was the highlight of my day.

[@PinkPopcast]

Yess! 🎤🎤🎶

[@mikafrei]

Had a friend pass away in October from ovarian cancer. Love this movie, but it hits different when it happens to your loved ones. #fuckcancer

[@manuelagaviria5542]

I absolutely love this movie! It never fails to make me cry. I love how sensitive Rizzo is!!

[@JoJo-hz5yc]

when I tell you that I was SOBBING LIKE A CHILD at the theater when this was released! but I felt comforted bc so were many other people lol

[@hunterernest2978]

I wanted to hug Rizzo during this so badly. He’s so sweet. I love that he shows his emotions

[@amandawolf838]

John Green, the author of the book, said that the cigarette represents Gus' control in a way. However, by the end, he cannot buy his cigarettes and that is him losing the control that he had over his life and what happens to him. Obviously, John explains it better than that but that is the gist.

[@LisaKokx]

There's so many notes I have but it's accidentally 4am so to sum it up and save you sleep-deprived chaos: - I'm living for the sad intro, genuinely cracked me up - As someone who's always hid emotions from others after being called dramatic a few too many times it's actually really nice to see other people cry, keep serving us those tears Rizzo you're doing great sweetie - I've bawled my eyes out over this stupid story too many times. Read the book after thinking "hey this youtuber I like wrote a book" and bawled, then suddenly decided that my English had become good enough to leave translations behind (this was 100% due to the title of this book being ugly in Dutch lmao) and bawled in English, and then when I thought it was all over this movie came out and guess what - There really is no "amsterdamian eiffel tower". There's lots of things and places to see but no specific landmarks. There's a bench they sit on in this movie though, which actually has a plaque that states that it is the TFIOS bench. Really it's just a basic, shitty bench. But it's there. I also remember hearing that people stole the bench and they replaced it with another one. Not sure if it was a fever dream or a real thing, but having spent lots of time in Amsterdam.. it was probably real.

[@littlemissmello]

I can't say any of them are as iconic as the Eiffel Tower but Amsterdam definitely has landmarks! Loads of them even!

[@alessiadari7995]

Hi guys! I'm binge watching your channel after finding out I have covid. I just wanted to use this particular video to thank you for keeping me in good company during these days. You are both so amazing! One minute I'm laughing at your jokes and one minute after I'm crying with you like a baby. I hope you are having a great day, sending you a lot of love from Italy!

[@danicahhh97]

I remember watching this movie with my ex on our first date 🤢 we were 16 so of course we would text each other the “okay? Okay”. It’s not my proudest moment I wish it never existed

[@PinkPopcast]

So cute and cringy 😂

[@warrickgirl37]

No worries, the movie came out when I was like 24 and I did the ok texting with my ex for a few days after watching the movie

[@gabrielatajzler1946]

33:40 had me cry laughing way too hard and way too loudly than it should have. You guys are top tier!

[@aaishahisaacs6343]

Rizzo : * cries * Benji: " I only laugh as to keep from weeping" ( that actress I can't remember, 'A Knights tale')

[@r.h.6249]

This movie was remade in Bollywood in 2020 and it was heartbreaking especially because the actor Sushant Singh Rajput who was a Bollywood star committed suicide just weeks before release because of severe depression and it was so sad because he was successful, had a girlfriend and yet he felt sad and depressed...it was a shock to everyone who were already depressed because of COVID and quarantine and countless deaths....i cried at this movie but i was sobbing uncontrollably for the Bollywood remake because i knew what the story was and it was the last time many of us were going to watch him in any way...it made the film so much more impactful and hurting...all the while i saw him acting so happy go lucky , i wondered what was he feeling because of his depression and when his death came everyone of us cried and it kinda gave us closure...the filmmakers also did a great tribute to him of him saying remember me by the good times and it still gives me chills

[@n2essence]

I hadn't seen this in so long and went right back to the tear shed of when it first was filmed.

[@hannonbaggin1649]

5:20 when Benjii said this I went 😬 lol the book and movie made me sob like a child

[@hard_candy]

This is probably one the best book to movie adaptions out there (in my opinion). When she was getting ready to go to Amsterdam, "...and then this happened." "Gus, I'm a grenade." Oof!

[@rayanog]

I felt like rewatching/rereading the fault in our stars and that's how I came across your channel. Let me tell you, I haven't even checked your channel yet but I subscribed 3 mins in. You brought the exact energy I needed to watch such a sensitive movie, you gave exactly what needed to be given! The fact that I laughed more than I cried watching this reaction (we literally took a box of tissues to the cinema when this came out) shows how funny you guys are. This was a different vibe, I really like the way it was handled. It's pretty rare for reactors to have me laughing that hard and say what I'm thinking at the same time (barring Dee Shanell - gotta give her, her flowers) like w the constant cigarette in mouth😂 I like that you're not annoying with your humour or seem to feel you have to be offensive and rude to make a good joke/comment. I love the way you support each other with your emotions, you don't talk slow (normal playback speed, also rare) and I love the way memes, mean girls and scream queens were referenced outta nowhere but I see how u got there🤣 Love this channel so far, I can see it becoming a fast favourite. I am here, I am down, leggo

[@PinkPopcast]

Haha thank you so much! We really appreciate when people can understand our eccentric humor 😂

[@rayanog]

​@@PinkPopcast 💐💐💐💐

[@sheema2469]

I've seen this movie so many times but still tear up every single time! Again a great movie reaction! thnx!

[@angiem6674]

Okay so I read the book right before the movie came out and y’all were right about his cancer link cause a pretty big plot point that gets dropped pretty fast is that hazel stalks his Facebook and finds out his ex that is DEAD looked just like her

[@sharnieb2723]

I love you guys. So much! I love that Rizzo cried, it was beautiful. I love that Benji is so intuitive 🤗🤗🤗🤗 I love that you’ve given us the opportunity to get to know you.

[@kaleyrose47]

I sob every time! Also-his personality aside, I think Ansel is an amazing actor. I’ve loved him in everything he’s in: this, BABY DRIVER, and of course most recently, WEST SIDE STORY. But the guy has to stop dying in his films and making me cry!

[@PinkPopcast]

Hahah we LOVED West Side Story!

[@batatadocecomketchup]

I read the book begore seeing the movie and that was a terrible choice, because I spend a whole weekend crying without stop! Years latter I would experience the lost of someone precious to me because of cancer, but if you have anxiety, your mind already trapped you in the idea of losing someone, the nightmares are already there, and the novel, back when I first read, only confirmed a lot of the things I thought back then. After I felt the true pain, the novel only made more sense. But I never had the courage to read again, I will keep as a memory of a learning experience for my young innocent self. Also, I have had cronic diseases my whole life, I thrive on dark humor, and, honestly, the people that don't get it, I doubt they ever had to handle with such great pain that your brain can't even process "in a normal way" and you just have to find ways to deal with it, to understand it, and to live with that pain. Great video guys! I cried again with Rizzo 🙌

[@Kaylaw9]

As much as I love the book and movie, there is no way they would be able to get last minute tickets to the Anne Frank house. You have to wait like two months for that. In the book, the reason they kissed in the Anne Frank house is because Anne kissed a boy in that house and she'd probably find it romantic.

[@BrooklynnRamostv]

I saw this the night it premiered just hours after my high school graduation, many tears were flowing in that theater

[@overthinker14]

actually, i really like the cigarette metaphor even after all this time. it’s a symbol for how cancer or any physical or mental illness might be in you, or you have the potential to develop these illnesses but as long as something doesn’t give it the power to, it won’t be able to kill you. just like how his cancer could have come back and killed him any time, the cigarette could have been lit and killed him any time.

[@1234demilovatofan]

I didn't cry as much as when I first watched it or read the book but I still cried. I also laughed alot, so thank you for that. If you want to potentially cry alot, watch A Bridge to Terabithia. I don't fully understand the plot but when I read the book in middle school and watched the movie but I was bawling at the end of it. It's a real tearjerker

[@КсенияФридриксен-ч8э]

You guys really should watch "Clouds", it's similar in a way that one character has a terminal disease and you WILL ugly cry, but it's based on a real story and it's a musical. I love it!!!

[@yikesgina]

It's too soon to bring up that trauma again 😭

[@melanieouma5884]

I've never wanted to hug someone so bad, BENJI we are killing RIZZO with all these emotions; also RIZZO has never been more adorable

[@jordanl9294]

I saw this movie with my middle school group of girls when I was 13…I was bawling like bawling I thought I was going to have a panic attack🤣people were passing tissues up and down the aisle it was a wild experience.

[@Ashely56]

11:34 The Genies is this book's equivalent to Make a Wish (John Green, the author, probably did it to be punny and get around copyright laws and whatnot)

[@labelle4497]

I have never cried from a book, but I was listening to the audio book at work and ended up hiding under my desk to hide my tears. I went and saw this at one of the opening weekends and the sobbing throughout the theater 😭

[@xoxomya8334]

the way im crying and i haven’t seen the full movie in years, its so cringe yet so good like someone love me like how cancer kids loved eachother

[@suchartboontid2560]

Rizzo is so sensitive omg we must protect him at all costs.

[@adagardo7610]

RIZZO IS MAKING ME CRY MORE THAN THIS STUPID MOVIE. My man, I adore you

[@Ari-do2ks]

I love who ever takes the time and energy for these edits, I’m going to ask for more sci fi movies.

[@PinkPopcast]

RIZZO!🙌🙌

[@isabellagonzalez5695]

Watching this reaction made me realize how cringey and stupid some parts of the book/movie are, but... those touching moments and lines are beautifully written/acted. The emotional parts of the book and movie really break your heart.

[@MariaClaraMD]

I was not ready for this. Amazing reaction!!

[@rafa4424]

Awww so sweet. I liked that he cried for us lol some guys can not comment emotional to movies like this. So it’s refreshing to see that

[@zedge527]

Benji - Peter Gabriel is the one who sings “In your eyes”. You know that scene from the 80s movie Say Anything where John Cusack holds the boom box over his head playing music for the girl he loves?? The song on that boom box is from Peter Gabriel.

[@PinkPopcast]

Oooohhh!!!! Thank you!😅😅

[@billybay7248]

Saving this vid for my morning coffee!

[@neontyler6663]

This was my first book I’ve ever had, and I sob so badly reading that book , this movie doubles it, i still can remember everyone was sobbing in the cinema, its so sad, life is just so unfair.

[@rena-sans]

I've never laughed harder at your videos before, I loved it!! Also Rizzo, I wanted to cry every time you did lol