Me, Earl & The Dying Girl – Screening Review

Me, Earl & The Dying Girl is a very touching, dramatic story filled with heartwarming realism & humor of a town, a group and collective of friends.  It is about Greg Gaines and his best friend Earl Jackson, and the days with their ill friend, Rachel, who has a bad case of cancer.  One thing you will notice from watching this movie, the characters, are familiar to you with deja vu.  It will remind you of your town, the eccentric lives of Greg and Earl, their families, and befriending Rachel, and her family.  Although not friends at first, Greg & Rachel develop a chemistry, and so does Earl too, where they become close friends.  I will end it off at that, as I do not want to ruin the movie for you, so you can enjoy the film.  It’s a well made movie, great acting, fantastic writing, and based off a legit book of the same name.  It is muy guapo.

GuapoVida, signing off!

Cast

• Thomas Mann as Greg Gaines
  • Gavin Dietz as Young Greg Gaines
• Olivia Cooke as Rachel Kushner
• Ronald Cyler II as Earl
  • Edward DeBruce III as Young Earl
• Chelsea T. Zhang as Naomi
• Katherine C. Hughes as Madison
• Natalie Marchelletta as Anna
• Jon Bernthal as Mr. McCarthy
• Nick Offerman as Greg’s Dad
• Connie Britton as Greg’s Mom
• Molly Shannon as Denise Kushner

Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Produced by Jeremy Dawson, Dan Fogelman

Screenplay by Jesse Andrews, based on his book of the same name

Cinematography by Chung Hoon Chung

Edited by David Trachtenberg

Production Company is Indian Paintbrush

Distributed by Fox Searchlight

USA, English