“But somehow, it was reassuring as well.”

From Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.

Greg Gaines (Thomas Mann) is a senior at a Pittsburgh high school.  Due to the population make-up of the school, Greg has managed to loosely connect himself with every group of students to survive the day-to-day craziness.  However, his methods of knowing everyone just enough to fit it has left him truly friendless and unable to connect with anyone except Earl (RJ Cyler).  Greg and Earl are completely different, but their love of classic, violent, and obscure movies inspired them to both recreate films they love and create new stories.  However, the boys do not show their movies to anyone else since they deem the quality not yet ready to share.  When Rachel (Olivia Cooke), a girl that Greg went to kindergarten with, is diagnosed with leukemia, Greg’s parents (Connie Britton and Nick Offerman) push him to spend more time with her… to Greg’s ultimate disapproval.  Greg is pleasantly surprised by his success in making Rachel laugh and the two begin to spend more time together after school.  While Greg keeps his friendship with Earl separate from his friendship with Rachel, the two worlds eventually come together and create an entirely new problem for Greg as Earl shares their movies with Rachel.  Greg struggles to please Rachel’s mother (Molly Shannon), his favorite teacher (Jon Bernthal), and Rachel’s popular, hot friend (Katherine Hughes), which leaves him overwhelmed.  Greg struggles to stay connected with Rachel once she her health deteriorates, but his greatest challenge might be making a movie for Rachel that he deems worthy of his only genuine fan.

This movie adaptation of Jesse Andrews’ bestselling novel is equally heartwarming and heartbreaking.  The style of the film and camerawork helps to match the tone of the original story.  Mann, Cyler, and Cooke are perfectly cast as the title characters and easily endear the story to viewers.  Me and Earl and the Dying Girl allows viewers to consider the power of unexpected friendship.

| Rated: PG-13 | Running Time: 105 minutes |Genre: drama/comedy |

||Family Viewing||Cursing: 4* of 10|Nudity: 0.5 of 10|Sexuality: 2 of 10|Gore: 0 of 10

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