On their dream trip to Amsterdam, arranged in defiance of Hazel's doctors' recommendations, they share a tender first-time sexual encounter backed by tons of sensitive ballads on the soundtrack. Hazel is wary of opening her heart to Gus, but he's ready to rip, and they're simpatico in the extreme. Gus' best friend, Isaac (Nat Wolff), is going blind, and nursing the heartache of a recent breakup. 'The Fault in Our Stars' pushes every button. They kiss - it's their first biggie - and the onlookers break into applause. There, surrounded by fellow tourists and visitors, the museum exhibit's audio recordings of Frank's diary fill the air, underscoring to Hazel and Gus the importance of cherishing every moment. Gamely lugging her oxygen tank up a series of narrow stairways, stage 4 lung cancer survivor Hazel makes it to the attic, with the aid of Gus, who has a partially prosthetic leg owing to bone cancer.

The kids decide to shake it off and tour the nearby Anne Frank museum. Their literary idol turns out to be a cynical, drunken lout. In the discreetly assaultive film version of 'The Fault in Our Stars' there's a scene, faithful to the one in the best-selling John Green book, where Hazel and Augustus visit the Amsterdam home of a novelist whose cancer-related novel holds great personal meaning for two teenage Indianapolis cancer patients in love. Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley star in 'The Fault in Our Stars.' (James Bridges, 20th Century Fox/MCT)

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