Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

A little friendship never killed anyone.

PG-13 2015 · 105 min · ★ 7.5 (3K) · Drama, Comedy

Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to unravel when his mother forces him to befriend a classmate with leukemia.

Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon · Written by Jesse Andrews

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