2011 was a generally weak year for movies. However, it did offer a few films ambitious enough — even a few profoundly moving cosmic statements — to fill the gaps left by many studio releases. Here is a handful of the best. 10. "50/50" "50/50" often laughs at the abyss, but the issues within it are no less troubling. Although it may seem like a sugarcoating of cancer, the film is actually a painfully accurate depiction of it — a portrait of how people use humor, often clumsily and unsuccessfully, as a refuge from such a hardship. As the sufferer in question, Joseph Gordon-Levitt slowly peels away the mask of machismo, revealing the unsettling truth that disease reduces everyone, even the strongest, to a state of youthful uncertainty.
Sam's Top 10 Films of 2011
Sam's Top 10 Films of 2011
Sam's Top 10 Films of 2011
2011 was a generally weak year for movies. However, it did offer a few films ambitious enough — even a few profoundly moving cosmic statements — to fill the gaps left by many studio releases. Here is a handful of the best. 10. "50/50" "50/50" often laughs at the abyss, but the issues within it are no less troubling. Although it may seem like a sugarcoating of cancer, the film is actually a painfully accurate depiction of it — a portrait of how people use humor, often clumsily and unsuccessfully, as a refuge from such a hardship. As the sufferer in question, Joseph Gordon-Levitt slowly peels away the mask of machismo, revealing the unsettling truth that disease reduces everyone, even the strongest, to a state of youthful uncertainty.