Me and Earl and the
Dying Girl (2015)
Directed by Alfonso
Gomez-Rejon this film based on the novel of the same name stars
Thomas Mann, Olivia Cooke and RJ Cyler. A high school student who
keeps his distance from others is forced by his mother to befriend a
girl from school recently diagnosed with cancer.
Somewhat unfairly this
film/novel is always unfairly compared with The Fault in Our Stars,
the two are very different beasts and I actually much prefer this
story. This is a coming of age tale that I could really identify with
and is told with a lot of humour. Olivia Cooke gives a stand out
performance that really holds the film together but RJ Cyler is also
excellent.
4/5
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