Me And Earl and the Dying Girl is everything that a teenage romantic comey is not. For one, lead characters Greg and Rachel are not your typical teenage love team that is made up of two supermodels. The witty and hilarious narrator of the story, Greg Gaines (Thomas Mann) even describes himself as "pasty" and having a "hedgehog face" (or was it ground hog-well something to that effect).
Well, you might have already guessed that the movie is about a girl with cancer and the awkward boy she becomes friends with but unlike a movie with a similar premise, Me And Earl and the Dying Girl will move audiences with it's thought-provoking, witty, beautiful and captivating story.
Based on the debut novel of the same name by James Andrews (which I am currently reading) the movie is directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Andrews works on the film as a writer.
The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Festival to a standing ovation. Bagging the US Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and the Audience Award for US Drama at the festival. Now if that doesn't convince you to see the movie then I don't know what will.
When you come to see the film, you expect to cry but instead you find yourself laughing because of the many smart but hilarious scenes, the use of clay animation, funny subtitles and even references to classic films, rest assured though that you will cry so make sure to pack some Kleenex.
When we meet Greg, he is lanky, awkward, he thinks that he has everything figured out but when Rachel (Olivia Cooke) who has been diagnosed with leukemia comes to his life (the beginning of a doomed friendship) Greg learns what it means to be truly selfless and grows up into a man in the process.
There are so many lessons in life to pick up that you will leave the cinema with a new perspective in life. I personally loved how the movie tackles life after death, how even after death we discover things we never knew of our loved ones. This resonates in me since I lost my father at a young age.
There are many things to love about Me And Earl and the Dying Girl, aside from the story and characters, the humor and wit and the life lessons, the camera work and play with light is beautiful as well.
The charm of Me And Earl and the Dying Girl is that it transcends the typical teenage movie for even adults to enjoy. If you're tired of the typical blockbuster films and teenage romantic comedies then this one is for you.
“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” opens September 16 in cinemas from 20thCentury Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.
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