Name: 50/50
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2011-09-30
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston

13 quotes

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Facing the Harsh Reality of Illness

Adam Lerner I’m sorry, but, I’m going to have to call you on that. It’s bullshit. That’s what everyone has been saying. “You’ll get better” and “It’ll be fine”. I don’t know why everyone is so fucking scared to say it. “You’re dying, dude”...It makes it worse.

[to Katherine]

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A Disagreement Over Edible Treats

Alan Want a macaroon?

Adam Oh, thanks. I’m alright.

Alan There’s weed in ‘em.

[leans forward and whispers]

Adam Oh, yeah, thank you, but I - I don’t do weed.

Alan C’mon, man. Just get high with us!

Adam Okay. Thanks.

Mitch How old are you?

Adam Twenty-seven.

Alan That’s just the worst. A perfectly good youth wasted.

Mitch Alan, stop it. Don’t listen to him, he's just messing with you.

Alan Listen to me, this cancer is bullshit. First your hair’s going to fall out, then your balls’ll shrink. And if that isn’t enough, your dick becomes a constant source of disappointment.

Adam I got to tell you, I was really nervous about this whole cancer thing, and then I met you guys, and boy do I feel better.

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Family Communication and Emotional Disconnect

Adam Okay... My mom is... I don't know. She's a crazy person. She just worries all day every day. And honestly, it annoys the shit out of me. It's way too much. And it's not helpful, and um, I can’t talk to her. I don't call her back. It's a problem.

Katherine So she's got this husband who can't talk to her, and this son who won't?

Adam Uh, yeah, I guess.

Katherine Makes you kind of a dick.

Adam Me? Is that, like, the medical term?

[laughs, obviously surprised by her directness]

Katherine Yeah, I mean, listen... You can't change who your parents are. The only thing you can change is how you choose to deal with that.

Adam Aren’t you supposed to, like, subtly manipulate me into figuring this stuff out? Not just call me on my shit?

Katherine Yeah, you cleaned my car. So, uh, we are completely beyond that.

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Questioning a Risky Decision

Mitch So you want to drive, right now?

Alan Yeah.

Mitch You sure that's what you want to do?

Mitch That's your make-a-wish? To drive?

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Optimistic Odds in Difficult Times

Kyle Hirons You’ll be fine. 50/50! If you were a casino game you’d have the best odds!

[to Adam]

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Humor in Unconventional Grooming Choices

Adam Why didn't we go to a barber?

[after shaving his head]

Kyle That would have been a good idea -- if we had paid someone to do it.

Adam Instead of using your balls trimmer-

Kyle And I never wash them, ever. And it’s not my balls, it’s my asshole....I’m joking...

Adam You're not joking.

Kyle Not at all.

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Diagnosis Revealed in Unexpected Conversation

Adam A tumor?

Dr. Ross Yes.

Adam Me?

Dr. Ross Yes.

Adam That doesn't make any sense though. I mean... I don't smoke, I don't drink... I recycle...

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Confrontation Amidst Cancer and Betrayal

Rachael Adam - you have no idea how hard it’s been! I don’t know how to do this, and it’s been so stressful, and you’ve been so sick, and shit, you’re the one who told me Kyle keeps using your cancer to get girls! Why should I be the bad guy?

Kyle Because you're his girlfriend, you cheated on him, and he has fucking cancer, you lunatic!

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Struggles of Love and Illness

Adam I want this to be over. I’m so fucking tired of being sick...if this surgery doesn’t work, that’s it -- I’ve never been to fucking Canada or told a girl I love her...it sounds stupid.

[crying]

Katherine No. It doesn’t.

Adam I’m sorry I was such an asshole.

Katherine I was the asshole. I was so totally unprepared - for you. This job is really hard. If I fuck up, I could ruin someone’s whole life.

Adam I guess we’re both beginners at this.

Katherine Yeah.

[smiles]

Adam What were you doing when I called? Were you on Facebook?

Katherine You know... umm... stalking my ex-boyfriend actually isn't the only thing I do in my free time.

Adam I wish you were my girlfriend.

Katherine Girlfriends can be nice. You just had a bad one.

Adam Yeah, but I bet you’d be a good one.

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Humor in Awkward Conversations About Relationships

Kyle Has she been sucking on your dick, giving you blow jobs?

[about Rachael]

Adam No, she doesn’t like to.

Kyle No fucking shit she doesn’t like to! Who likes putting dicks in their mouths? That’s why they call them jobs!

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Questioning Life Choices and Aspirations

Kyle Hirons Driving! That’s what you want to do? That’s your “Make A Wish”? To drive? We could be having sex with hookers while skydiving, and instead you want to do something I learned to do when I was fifteen!

[to Adam, the night before Adam's surgery]

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Revelation of Betrayal and Frustration

Kyle I was in the neighborhood - I was just on a date with Claire, the girl I met at the bookstore? My date did not go well, unfortunately, due to a lack of chemistry... and, I think, an overuse of profanity on my part. But, whilst on my date... I ran into Rachael.

Adam Oh, yeah?

Kyle And I would like to present to you what I am going to call Exhibit...whore!

Kyle Look at it! That's Rachael! And that's a fuckin filthy, Jesus-looking motherfucker, and they're kissing! I did it! I fuckin nailed you! I've hated you for months, and now I have fuckin evidence that you suck as a person! Holy shit! Holy shit!

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Introduction of Characters Facing Cancer

Alan I’m Alan Lombardo: stage 3 lymphoma. Pleased to meet you.

Mitch Mitch Barnett, metastatic prostate cancer.

Adam Oh, I’m Adam Lerner, ].

[[w:Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor|schwannoma neurofibrosarcoma]

Alan Whoa, what the fuck is that?

Mitch Tough break. The more syllables, the worse it is.