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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

2015 · Film · 105 min

  • Drama
  • Comedy

Plot

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.

About Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

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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Cast

  • Olivia CookeRachel Kushner
  • Thomas MannGreg Gaines
  • RJ CylerEarl Jackson
  • Connie BrittonGreg's Mom
  • Nick OffermanGreg's Dad
  • Molly ShannonDenise Kushner
  • Jon BernthalMr. McCarthy
  • Chelsea ZhangNaomi
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