THE FAULT in OUR STARS-Star Crossed Lovers, Prepare to Cry

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings,"  (Shakespeare - J. Caesar.)   Hazel Grace (an endearing & formidable, Shailene Woodley) is your typical teen except that she's laden with an oxygen tank; her armament against cancer.  Augustus, (a heartthrob performance by Ansel Elgort) is your typical 18 yr. old with an amputated leg; his battle scar from cancer.  Coerced by her Mom (a faultless Laura Dern) to attend a support group of young cancer patients, Hazel & 'Gus' 1st lay lingering eyes on each other.  By the end of the movie, there will not be a dry eye in the house.   This is a poignant love story that philosophically confronts our mortality. "If the inevitability of human oblivion worries you.  I encourage you to ignore it."  Hazel, personifies her middle name, Grace.  Together, Hazel & Augustus ("Hasten slowly" A. Caesar, Shakespeare) blazon their omnipotent legacy of having loved profoundly & having been loved despite their infinitesimal years.  "Some infinities are bigger than others." Without pain, how could we know joy?  "Pain deserves to be felt."  THE FAULT in OUR STARS is more than a contemporary Romeo & Juliet story.  It is also a celestial film of familial love, friendship, kindness & hope.