Me & Earl & the Dying Girl

Also known as Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

2015 film by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

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7.5

Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to unravel when his mother forces him to befriend a classmate with leukemia.

Released: 2015-06-12105 minDir: Alfonso Gomez-RejonDrama, Comedy

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Cast

Olivia Cooke as Rachel Kushner
Thomas Mann as Greg Gaines
RJ Cyler as Earl Jackson
Connie Britton as Greg's Mom
Nick Offerman as Greg's Dad
Molly Shannon as Denise Kushner

Themes

high school
tattoo

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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.

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