Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Genres: Drama, Comedy

Languages: English

Year: 2015

Vote: 7.5

Festival & Award: Sundance - Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

The showmakers

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Olivia Cooke
Thomas Mann
RJ Cyler
Connie Britton

Overview

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.

Indie vibes check

A quirky, independent film with a low budget, but it gained mainstream recognition and distribution.

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