The film has received positive reviews from critics. The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. I'd actually like to know. and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. There are still familiar touches in both the narrative decisions and their presentation to the audience, but the film is more settled and mature with regard to them, calmly acknowledging and almost embracing its lineage rather than spitting in their face like a hypocritical, snot-nosed punk. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. If you grew up, as I did, watching old black-and-white movies on a local television channel, then you know the experience of learning young that there is a whole world of movies outside the ones shown at the multiplex. All three leads - Thomas Mann, R.J. Cyler, and Olivia Cooke - turn in strong performances, and while the movie could easily be cloying or derivative of countless others with this sort of subject, it somehow avoids all that. Endearing film about an awkward high school misfit, his friend who makes amateur movies with him, and, well, a dying girl who he begins visiting at the request of his mother. He's the one who gets to judge her motives as controlling or disingenuous or oblivious when there's no backing for such projections since her motives are never made clear from a storytelling angle in the first place. Lovely, hilarious, terrific enrichment of already-good source material. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon cut his teeth directing episodes of Glee and American Horror Story; while his character construction is a welcome departure from Ryan Murphy and his ilk, he shares with Murphy a deep love for cinema and an intrinsic understanding of how genre works. I guess everyone's trying to figure out how to like, twerk....medievally. An awkward high-school senior (Thomas Mann) and a gravely ill classmate (Olivia Cooke) surprise themselves by becoming inseparable friends. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a tender and charming independent effort which overcomes its irritating opening to leave us genuinely moved. | Rating: 2.5/4 No, I don't think that. But while Anderson used it as the basis for an off-puttingly clinical study of his characters, Gomez-Rejon uses it to promote what good qualities his young leads have. Or, rather, Greg talks, and she listens. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is now among a select few films that have truly touched me on a personal level. That line mentioned earlier, "Please appreciate how honest I just was," sums up the systemic problems with "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl." I just feel like, you know, for a kid like me in high school, best case scenario, just survive. One scene, a tense argument between Rachel and Greg, plays out in one long take and it's the only time in the film when something real is actually allowed to exist, because in such a scene it is about the behavior, the silences between the words, the sense you get that two actors are actually creating something before your eyes. Copyright © Fandango. Forgot your password? Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. The further the picture progresses, the more it fizzles and flounders. This film isn't trying to make a statement; it's just telling a story about a normal boy who strikes up a friendship with a normal girl. |, December 4, 2020 But he does it very well, bringing emotional warmth and believability to what in other hands could be an exercise in total indulgence. Me and Earl and the dying girl (2015) Tựa việt: Tôi, Earl và cô nàng hấp hối. Coming Soon, Regal It can keep unfolding itself to you just as long... just as long as you pay attention to it. [Full Review in Spanish]. It’s that sharply funny, touching and vital. This book is criticized by my friends and I think they don't understand the effect it has on me and why my take is different. You know from the title that a teen girl is dying (cancer), so it's no spoiler to say that although the movie is quite humorous and sarcastic, it also explores intense subject matter, including post-high school … While Green's book may be more poetic and have a larger fan base I think this book is better. Rachel has agency here too, having to deal with her illness in a way which is stoical while still true to who she really is. When I reviewed The Perks of Being a Wallflower, I complained that the film's characters were "frustratingly smug", with writer-director Stephen Chbosky going to great (and clunky) lengths to prove how well-versed he was about music and teenagers. The enthusiasm between Greg and Earl as they create their little bits of cinema feels genuine because it reflects the director's own passion, without any of the artificiality that J. J. Abrams displayed on Super 8. Greg (Thomas Mann) is a detached and depressive teenager, who resists emotional involvement to such a degree that he can't even admit that his best friend since childhood, Earl (RJ Cyler), is his best friend. | Rotten (40). If ’80s teen-feature maestro John Hughes would have ever teamed up with today’s eccentric moviemaker Wes Anderson, I suspect the outcome would be something like what we get in Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. Other than that acquisitive movie-mad mindset, it is a pandering, self-flattering mess, featuring unearned catharsis, lazy clichés and characters presented in broad, sometimes-offensive stereotypes. If you were a teenage girl dying of cancer, with a group of supportive friends already, a terrified mother, and a unique artistic sensibility of your own (which we discover later), how would you like to spend your last months on earth? I also recommend watching the movie. Like Julianne Moore's character in Still Alice, Rachel deteriorates gradually and at her own pace, so that all the down turns feel authentically sad and the brief moments of hope and life are all the more radiant. The percentage of users who rated this 3.5 stars or higher. It isn't a Hollywood treatment of illness, with all the edges taken off, but neither does it try to be edgy or radical by shoving her symptoms down our throats in a desperate bid to induce empathy through shock. In fact, everything that happens in the film is about Greg." Has Greg seen/touched the "titties" yet? Parents need to know that Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is an irreverent, heartfelt, thoughtful, and very funny dramedy based on the same-named book by Jesse Andrews. |, September 16, 2020 Gomez-Rejon and Andrews walk a thin line between deploying and subverting tired tropes, but their message is ultimately one of empathy, which makes Me and Earl and the Dying Girl worthwhile. Mann is wonderfully grounded and effortlessly charming as the film’s protagonist. The glimpses we get of Earl and Greg's movies are the best part of the film. The vantage point - the misfit and not the dying girl - apparently rubs some people the wrong way, but I found it to be part of the movie's truth. PG-13 (Language|Drug Material|Sexual Content|Some Thematic Elements), drama, I enjoyed the plot of following Greg a socially awkward teen through an unexpected tragedy with Rachel, a girl he thought he'd never be friends with. Coming Soon. I know that. In re Madison: she's a nice-hot girl, and Greg is the stand-in for every "nice-insecure guy" who resents the "friendzone." Their confrontation towards the end of the film is a tearing down of emotional walls, releasing anger and compassion that neither character entirely knew that they were capable of feeling. The movie opens in limited release today, … Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's film is a beautiful mix of wonderful things. But it isn't honest at all. The PG-13 rating is for sexual content, drug material, language and some thematic elements. Survive without creating any mortal enemies or hideously embarassing yourself forever. You know, their life. Full Review | Original Score: 10/10 Somewhere along the way Earl eases up on the suburban-Wes Anderson whimsy and starts to find its heart, infusing the story's self-conscious cleverness and trick-shot set pieces with something sweeter, sadder, and even a little bit profound. Sheila O'Malley received a BFA in Theatre from the University of Rhode Island and a Master's in Acting from the Actors Studio MFA Program. The filmmaking from Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is hyper-stylized and a bit wonky at times, with a few odd security camera angles thrown into the mix. Sometimes, I think it's easier for actors to bawl uncontrollably than to try to NOT cry, and Cooke's big eyes well up for the duration of several, long uncut shots, but they never overflow. For no other reason, apparently, he lives in squalor on a terrifying-looking street of derelict houses, overrun by weeds, and has a scary aggressive brother with a pit bull. Gomez-Rejon directs assuredly, balancing his life of his chosen art form with a desire to keep the characters at the centre, and he is ably complimented by a trio of good performances from his three leads. The winner of this year’s most elaborate Ronseal title as well as two Sundance prizes, Me And Earl And The Dying Girl starts as a film lovers’ delight and … Go away.". Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". Who is Earl? At one point he says, "Please appreciate how honest I just was." In "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl," the "girl" of the title devotes the ending stretch of her life into making a young guy she never knew before feel good about himself and his artistic pursuits. But it's also energetic and mostly fun to watch, especially the glimpses of their "awful" movies. Here, though, there is another, often more irritating problem: many independent films go out of their way to make death as quirky or pretentious as possible, and we come to hate the ailing characters so much that it takes all our moral courage to not shout "hurry up and die!". Just confirm how you got your ticket. Don't have an account? You know, I'm terminally awkward and I have a face like a little groundhog. There's a laziness at work in "Me and Earl," a reliance on well-trod ground and over-chewed cultural tropes, and perhaps it is supposed to be that way (these are kids who see everything through the lens of their movie-watching), but it still doesn't work. In my review of Still Alice, I complained about the way that Hollywood films often depict life-threatening illness, seeking to preserve the glamour of the actor or actress in question rather than trying to capture a believable portrayal of whatever disease they may have. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is about many things, but one of them is the pure joy of imagination: artistry for artistry's sake, and the way that who we are and what we… I don't know you. Earl speaks with profanity-laced language, and constantly asks Greg about Rachel's "titties." This is not a film full of sanitised, model teenagers played by people in their 30s - it's a film made to resonate with people the age of its protagonists, at least in its approach to their interaction. |, December 31, 2015 and the Terms and Policies, The spectacularly poignant ending, complete with growth, insight, and truth, will rip you apart and just as rebuild you. The big noise from this year's Sundance Film Festival, "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl," is a weaselly liar of a movie. Don’t worry, it won’t take long. Coming Soon. |, December 31, 2015 Interview: Cooper Raiff Talks Shithouse, Nostalgia, and Being There for Others. One last thing. The winks about the clichés, including the one in the title, only serve to point up how tired those clichés are. "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" is crude, lewd, silly, heartbreaking, sweet, cynical, honest, and too smart for its own good. There are a couple of issues with the film, besides its snarky opening, which prevent from being a total success. Greg does not even know Rachel, but he shows up at her house, and is immediately lusted over by Rachel's boozy mother (Molly Shannon), who answers the door with a drink in her hand, cooing about who is this "delicious," "yummy" young man. |, January 10, 2020 One of Greg's narrations mentions how despite their disparate socioeconomic backgrounds, they still have the same taste in films and adventurous foods, and I was hoping there would be more to Earl's character/upbringing/aspirations and Greg's perception of him that could foil his knee-jerk obsession of typing all the other cliques at his school. One of the criticisms of Me and Earl has been that the film uses the illness of its female character to tell a very male story. Latest news about Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, starring Connie Britton, Nick Offerman, Jon Bernthal and directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Cowboy." Review by iana ★★★★½ 2. still slaps why lie. Because of course, it is a dying girl's responsibility to make the world okay for everyone in her midst, to be inspirational, to teach people how to love, how to live—even strangers who show up at her door on a charity mission. On the whole, the movie is funnier, more sardonic, more artsy (with all its movie remakes), and less saccharine than TFIOS, so it does have that going for it. I'm dying. They're goofy and dumb, and Alfonso Gomez-Rejon had a lot of fun, obviously, creating all of them. It's about Greg. It's quirky, charming, witty, touching, somber, delicate, and completely beautiful. The drizzle and fog may make for a great mood setting film but I prefer to be watching the movie rather than getting frizzy hair making a moody movie. The spectre of Wes Anderson loom large over this portion of the film too; it's a similar pre-conception to that which he employed with some success in Moonrise Kingdom. Sundance Film Review: ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’ Enthusiastically received at Sundance, this cancer-themed dramedy has the potential to outperform last year's 'The Fault in Our Stars.' Jun 12, 2015. It isn't as good as Still Alice, and much of it is rooted in very familiar territory, but as an antidote to Hollywood's continuing attitude to illness, it is a very welcome offering. | Rating: B+ We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future. "Me and Earl" wants to be a part of that genre without bothering to create characters that live. The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review. Later, when Greg has hurt Rachel's feelings, Earl steps up in a big way, showing that he has more common sense and more of an understanding of what is at stake for Rachel than Greg does. You would certainly find its hard to argue that Greg isn't the central protagonist, or that his arc is the one which develops the most over the course of the film - the clue, after all, is in the title. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a fun frolic into the lives of Greg, Earl and Rachel. The whole point of "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" is that through his relationship with Rachel, Greg starts to live for someone other than himself. He may essentially be paraphrasing or pastiching Cinema Paradiso in this regard; the sequence before Rachel falls into a coma uncannily follows the beats in the final twenty minutes of Giuseppe Tornatore's work. In fact, everything that happens in the film is about Greg. Once it's proved its indie credentials - trying too hard to be Wes Anderson in the process - it emerges more confidently as its own story, particularly once the central triangle of friendships has been laid out. Actually, the movie is pretty tame compared to the book (a lot less profanity and sexual directness). Me and Earl and the Dying girl is about a teen girl who gets cancer and the main characters mum asks him to spend time with her and they develop a heart-warming relationship. Probably one of the funniest YA novels I've had the pleasure of reading. Rated PG-13 Gomez-Rejon's latest is a brave piece of filmmaking that blends humor and heartbreak, while also presenting an inspiring tale of personal growth. Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. The other nice touch to the film is the role of the adults, who are just as emotionally inept as their offspring if not sometimes slightly worse. Rachel has one moment of whimsy when she mimics Greg's "subhuman" convulsions, but it's so early on, and we don't really see her transcend beyond Greg's erstwhile categorization of her as "Boring Jewish Girl Subset 2A" until the end, I guess, when her book sculptures reveal her romantic, creative, perhaps even tortured side, but even that emotional epiphany is more Greg's. sexual content, drug material, language and some thematic elements, Spike Lee Receives American Cinematheque Award, America Has to Come to a Reckoning: Director Sam Pollard on MLK/FBI, The TV Homages of WandaVision are an Amusing, Unfulfilling Distraction. "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl", tác phẩm ăn khách của Sundance (đoạt cả Giải Khán giả và Giải Ban giám khảo lớn), do Alfonso Gomez-Rejon đạo diễn , với kịch bản của , dựa trên cuốn tiểu thuyết bán chạy (This is also a cliché: the black sidekick understanding more about matters of the heart than the white lead.). Hinton, and, more recently, John Green, all wrote books featuring teenagers who have to learn, sometimes painfully, that who they are has meaning, that they have to be responsible for themselves, and kind to others. Review: This Is Not a Movie Is a Smart, Clear-Eyed Tribute to Robert Fisk. |, August 5, 2019 By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy There are moments that flash with humor, like Greg filling out his college application in the voice of Werner Herzog. The problem is the lead character: he's a miserable bastard with no right to be miserable who continues to be miserable even when he meets someone who has a right to be miserable but isn't. Cinemark Read her answers to our Movie Love Questionnaire here. The worst part is that "Me and Earl" believes it is aware of all of this. Review: Honest Thief Is a Dried-Out Rehash of the Liam Neeson Actioner. Cinemark But the tragedy that awaits or doesn’t, at the culmination point is going to leave your mind impassioned with emotions. Earl is black. He and Earl decide to make a movie for Rachel, a tribute, and they hurry to finish it before she dies. Their companionship, which blends sympathy and a sense of distance, is very touching, and the more time we spend with them the more we find ourselves enjoying their company, even amongst the odd line or action which causes us to roll our eyes in derision. The book Me earl and the dying girl by Jesse Andrews is a perfect read for someone who likes a humorous and somewhat sad story. Sign up here. And, despite the heavy subject matter, the dialog is fresh and funny, and the amateur movies the kids make are very clever twists on classic films, which injects lightness into the film. Such a scene, however, cannot save the whole. Every cliché arrives with a wink of self-knowing commentary before it, to say, "Yes, we know this is a cliche, but we are making a comment about the cliché!" I can handle the truth. What's his take? Fortunately, the film very quickly abandons this approach and settles into a pleasant rhythm which is offbeat without drawing attention to itself. They talk. | Rating: 2.5/4 A young boy is forced to become friends with a dying girl in his school in a huge 2015 Sundance film. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. | Top Critics (56) | Fresh (172) There's no romance between the confused guy and the dying girl. "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" presents itself as a more authentic version of "The Fault in Our Stars." 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