50/50

Twenty-seven-year-old Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, "Inception") is dating Rachael (Bryce Dallas Howard, "The Help"). He works for a radio station with his buddy Kyle (Seth Rogen, "The Green Hornet") and overall has an okay life, at least until his doctor diagnoses him with a rare form of cancer. Adam gives Rachael an out, saying that if she wants to break up with him, he'll be fine with it, but she insists that she will be there to support him, as do Kyle and also Adam's mother, Diane (Anjelica Huston, "When in Rome"). He starts to do therapy at the hospital, his therapist being 24-years-old (Anna Kendrick, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse") and in the process of getting her PhD, and that helps; Adam also starts chemotherapy and makes some new friends there. He looks up his chances online to see how many people beat this type of cancer, and it says 50% (hence the movie title), but the chemo isn't working on him; eventually he must have surgery, which will either remove the tumor in his spine or possibly make it worse.http://www.freeismylife.com/2011/09/movie-review-5050.html