Review of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) by Spangle — 25 Jun 2015
Funny, heartwarming, touching, and heart wrenching, Me & Earl & the Dying Girl features hopefully breakout performances from new stars in Thomas Mann, Olivia Cooke, and Ronald Cyler II. In addition, the direction from sophomore director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is gentle and he is comfortable taking a backseat to his young stars here and letting them go, which is perfect.
An honest look at both high school, friendships, and death, Me & Earl & the Dying Girl is funny from beginning to end and guaranteed to make you fight back tears (a fight you will more than likely lose).
The film is also a film nerds wet dream with so many references and mentions of classic films that the film itself is as much as an homage to classic films as the amateur films made by the characters.
Though there are better coming of age dramedies out there, Me & Earl & the Dying Girl is certainly one of the better ones I have seen thanks to great acting, directing, writing, and a heartfelt story that feels so relatable it almost hurts.
It is hard to imagine this one not winding up as one of my favorite films of 2015.
This review of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) was written by Spangle on 25 Jun 2015.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl has generally received very positive reviews.
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