“A little friendship never killed anyone.”
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.
Olivia Cooke
Rachel Kushner
Thomas Mann
Greg Gaines
RJ Cyler
Earl Jackson
Connie Britton
Greg's Mom
Nick Offerman
Greg's Dad
Molly Shannon
Denise Kushner
Jon Bernthal
Mr. McCarthy
Chelsea Zhang
Naomi
Masam Holden
Ill Phil
Katherine Hughes
Madison
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a drama, comedy film released in 2015 exploring themes of high school, tattoo, based on novel or book, melancholy, parody, leukemia. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, it stars Olivia Cooke, Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler. 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.
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