The story of one middle class high schooler Greg aka Me in the title (Thomas Mann) who's best friend since childhood is Earl (RJ Cyler), and the two make spoofs of classic films examples of which are Senior Citizen Kane and 2:58 PM Cowboy in their spare time which is a lot!!
Their lives are about to change when Greg's mother (Connie Britton) asks him to befriend a schoolmate who has leukemia Rachel (Olivia Cooke) the Dying Girl. The two of them are basically like complete outcasts in school, not really close and together a wonderful friendship developed despite such unfortunate circumstances.
I'm surprised that the film is based on a book. I presumed that entries from Sundance are not adapted from other sources but kudos to director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon who made the film with such an original feel and atmosphere and it also helped that the author Jesse Andrews also wrote the screenplay.
Comparisons to last year's similarly themed The Fault in Our Stars in inevitable but Me and Earl and the Dying Girl ain't no romantic movie and devoid of syrupy sentimentality. Props also for inserting some premise of Jack Black's Be Kind Rewind in it. But one thing is sure: Thomas Mann, Olivia Cooke and RJ Cyler would achieve the same breakout recognition that Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort did last year in the likely situation that this Sundance Audience and Jury Award Winner would be a sleeper hit at the box office.
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