Me & Earl & the Dying Girl
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a 2015 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon from a screenplay by Jesse Andrews, based on Andrews' 2012 novel of the same name. The film stars Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler and Olivia Cooke. It follows a socially awkward teenage boy who, along with an acquaintance, befriends a classmate after she is diagnosed with cancer. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was released in the United States on June 12, 2015, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. It received positive reviews from critics, who praised the screenplay and cast.
I mean, obviously, somewhere in the world, it's the best of times for someone. Like he's eating all this insane Vietnamese food he just got for free... ...and the woman who delivered the food looks exactly like the hot girl from Pussy Riot and now she's situated in the corner playing unspeakably beautiful melodies on the harp. While he's just going to town on that food. So, yeah, that's the best of times. Meanwhile, some other guy is having his will broken by professional torturers... ...who are suspending him over a crocodile-infested pool of acid. And because it's acid, these crocodiles are just pissed. And they're also piping in that gross smell you get... ...when they spill a bunch of milk in the school parking lot. And this beefy torture dude is just punching the hell out of him. Worst of times: check.
Me & Earl & the Dying Girl
The head nods of Jock Nation. The fist bumps of the Kingdom of Stoners. The innocuous witticisms of The People's Republic of Theater Dorks. Greg, how was your summer? Summer. What does that word even mean? Like, more "summ"? (LAUGHING) GREG: In a typical high school life, you belong to one nation... ...which can never guarantee you total security.
Me & Earl & the Dying Girl
GIRL: Your test was today? GREG: Ugh. Tests! I've been there. That's like sending troops to Afghanistan. Maintain relationships with citizens of the most dicked-upon nations. For example, Scott Mayhew, the gothy dork I'm sitting next to here. Scott, nice Berserker. Thank you? It took years of cultivation to win his trust. (SINGING) Yo, my name is Ill Phil I'll bend you to my will GREG: Or the universally ostracized Ill Phil. Yeah, that's good. Force you to eat that pill Now you're like, "What's the deal?" Truly a nation of one. I just got killed (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) GREG: And there were some places I simply couldn't go. Like the cafeteria.
Me & Earl & the Dying Girl