Me & Earl & the Dying Girl (2015)

Original title

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Directed by

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Genre

drama film, comedy film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2,767 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A socially awkward teenager and his friend start spending time with a classmate who has been diagnosed with cancer. They try to make her feel better by filming silly short movies.

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What happens

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a 2015 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon from a screenplay by Jesse Andrews, based on Andrews' 2012 novel of the same name. The film stars Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler and Olivia Cooke. It follows a socially awkward teenage boy who, along with an acquaintance, befriends a classmate after she is diagnosed with cancer. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was released in the United States on June 12, 2015, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. It received positive reviews from critics, who praised the screenplay and cast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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