Review of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) by Dorian G — 03 Mar 2016
The cinematography is top-notch and when the humour is good it's REALLY good. But most of the time it falls flat, along with everything else. This movie is all over the place regarding story, characters' intentions, tone and whatever message we're supposed to take from it.
It tries to be an emotional, quirky coming-of-age tale and fails, unfortunately. The main character, while faintly relatable at times, is ultimately unlikable. Even the "dying girl" has next to no character so the audience is unable to form an emotional connection with her - it's not enough to just make her have cancer.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl also suffers from a smug, forced form of comedy. It's loaded with pop-culture references, often to old art films (as this is a central, yet poor, plot device), which screams "get it?!", as if it makes up for actual cleverness.
Which is a shame because all the original jokes in this movie are quite hilarious. I could go on forever about this film's faults and how I feel it's very overrated. I absolutely hate this word but this is one of the few films that I think feels.
..pretentious. OH WELL.
This review of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) was written by Dorian G on 03 Mar 2016.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl has generally received very positive reviews.
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