I have never understood why anyone likes The Notebook. Or the appeal of seeing The Fault in Our Stars. Why do you want to know you are going to be overcome with sadness while watching a film, something that I have derived happiness from for as long as i can remember. Sure, I’m probably not the target audience of the aforementioned and maybe that plays a part, but the idea of sadness is not something I would normally want to voluntarily experience. The thing is: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is exactly that, and I would gladly put myself through it again. As the title suggests, the film is based around the narrator and lead character Greg Gaines (Thomas Mann), his buddy and “co-worker” Earl (RJ Cyler) and the dying girl Rachel (Olivia Cooke). A formula which we have seen numerous times is in this case wrapped in this layer of comedy that makes the film very hard not to like. Nick Offerman and Connie Britton play Greg’s parents, forcing him to spend time with Rachel after she is diagnosed with cancer. Not wanting anyones sympathy or pity friendship Rachel is dismissive of Greg entirely, eventually letting her … Continue reading Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl