It’s a story with a lot to say about the value of true friendship, and it’s not ashamed to tackle a difficult subject in its own personal way. I kinda like that boldness.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 24, 2022

Where so many American indie flicks would overdo it on the kooky characters and wink-wink one-liners, this (film) knows when to hold back. Like Greg himself, Me and Earl is gentle, self-effacing and a good deal smarter than it lets on.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 18, 2022

The further the picture progresses, the more it fizzles and flounders.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 4, 2020

One of the year's best films.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.0/4.0 | Sep 16, 2020

A great movie that shines in pretty much everything, from its charming approach to the highly effective demystifying humor. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Apr 11, 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.

Full Review | Jan 10, 2020

The spectacularly poignant ending, complete with growth, insight, and truth, will rip you apart and just as rebuild you.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 5, 2019

It's very hipster-cute.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jun 18, 2019

Mann and Cooke's performances are so open and natural that the screenplay's intelligent interrogation of lofty themes - including death, fear, and intergenerational relationships - never feels preachy or condescending.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 4, 2019

What's captured here so well is the solipsism and confusion of being an adolescent who's forced to deal with death before you're ready to, an aspect of life so many films have trouble representing on-screen.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 13, 2019

The film has great art direction and soundtrack selection, but nothing can disguise or improve its white-guy narrative of "Person unlike me who changed my life for the better."

Full Review | Mar 8, 2019

It's a mixture of quirk and heart-breaking sadness that features plenty of humor -- only to pull the emotional rug out from under its audience.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Jan 23, 2019

Despite being cobbled together from so many familiar pieces, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl feels wholly unique and is one of the best movies of the year.

Full Review | Original Score: 10/10 | Nov 1, 2018

Character issues aside, the film tries far too hard to add eccentric touches to the visual language.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Aug 30, 2018

Greg spoke like a self-congratulatory 30-year-old novelist. At the start, he says: "I made a film so bad, it nearly killed someone." I didn't realise that someone would be me.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 23, 2018

The film is unabashedly manipulative. It is the type that wins hearts not because it is particularly inventive but because everything in it is comfortably familiar.

Full Review | Apr 23, 2018

Bernthal's history teacher gives a monologue about continuing to learn about loved ones long after they're gone that is beautifully written and delivered.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 3, 2017

It doesn't get off to the strongest start but improves rapidly, thanks largely to the low-key but nicely winning performances delivered by Thomas Mann and R J Cyler as teenage buddies and amateur film-makers Greg and Earl.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 30, 2017

Dying Girl has all the trappings of a twee nightmare, but it's a deeply moving film.

Full Review | Oct 17, 2017

As well as being one of the most sickeningly overrated films of the year, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is one of the worst.

Full Review | Oct 11, 2017