The Fault in Our Stars: Book vs. Movie
Josh Boone’s 2014 film The Fault in Our Stars adapts John Green’s 2012 novel. Hazel and Augustus meet at a cancer support group, beginning a romance shaped by illness and their shared love of a book.
From Books Adapted
What changed from the book
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Augustus's previous relationship disappears
The book gives Augustus a girlfriend before Hazel: Caroline Mathers, who died of a brain tumor. He describes the cruelty of her behavior during her illness and his inability to separate that behavior from the disease.
Hazel learns about Caroline and looks through her online presence. Her resemblance to Caroline also raises questions about Augustus's initial interest in her. The movie leaves out Caroline and that part of Hazel's uncertainty about their relationship.
How it was adapted
The screenplay keeps the book's structure and much of its dialogue
The movie adapts Hazel's story through the novel's conclusion. Screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber said Green's plotting and dialogue gave them much of what they needed: they could use the book itself as their outline, rather than rebuilding its structure.
Green did not write the screenplay. He gave notes and helped answer questions about the characters during filming. Woodley recalled the director, producers and actors regularly turning to him for that knowledge of the book.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- John Green
- Year
- 2012
- Pages
- 352Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 7 hr 11 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Kate Rudd, see all
Hazel Grace Lancaster lives with terminal cancer and worries about the hurt her death will cause the people who love her. Meeting Augustus Waters at a support group disrupts her guarded routine, and their shared interest in an unfinished novel gives her a reason to pursue questions about love, loss, and what remains after a story stops.
- Director
- Josh Boone
- Writer
- Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
- Year
- 2014
- Runtime
- 2 hr 6 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Laura Dern, Sam Trammell, Nat Wolff, Willem Dafoe
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
A shared frustration with a favorite book’s unfinished story gives Hazel and Augustus a plan: travel to Amsterdam and question its author. Their friendship at a cancer support group develops into a romance, but arranging the trip and imagining a future together require them to face the limits illness imposes on their lives.
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