ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL: The winner of the Grand Jury Prize and the
Audience Award at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, this totally unique film
deserves most of the accolades that continue to pour in. As the title suggests, it is about the
friendship that evolves between Greg, Earl and Rachel, the latter struggling
with leukemia. While that may not sound
like grist for a comedy, it is one. The
three young leads (Thomas Mann, R. J. Cyler and Olivia Cooke) do their jobs
admirably but it is the inventiveness of the director and his cinematographer
that sets this one apart from similar films (i.e. “Juno” or “The Perks of Being
a Wallflower). With many references to
other films, (Our heroes make parodies of famous flicks. For example. “Midnight Cowboy” in their
version, becomes “9:34 P.M. Cowboy”) part of the fun is getting the joke. So all in all, I liked it even though I found
it a bit quirky and at times totally unrealistic. It’s a nice little indie film that deserves to
be seen. And what a wonderful surprise
or two at the end.
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