Jeremy of The Daily Rotation wrote, "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a well-acted indie drama, dealing with its tough material through snappy direction based off of an eccentric script, although it suffers from an ending that never quite sticks its landing."
Steph on Screen reviews the latest teen dramady Me and Earl and The Dying Girl and finds it to be an engaging and intelligent watch.
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“I’ve no idea how to tell this story,” says Thomas Mann’s Greg as Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s sweetly sarcastic, deeply felt adaptation of Jesse Andrews’ YA novel begins. And as the alarm marked “unreliable narrator” howls none too subtly, a sense of relief also kicks in.
Too many recent coming-of-agers have spliced illness with easy arcs of romantic discovery, but Gomez-Rejon’s Sundance smash’s sense of awkward uncertainty inoculates against the feeling of being brutalised by weaponised Hallmark cards. You’ll be moved, but not to hurl.
"he dialogue is witty, the story is unpredictable, and the characters are well-realized. Pacing is also spectacular, without a dull moment to be found." -Petey Oneto (Resident Entertainment)
