Film Review – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Cutesiness plays a major role in “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.” Even the title of the movie is trying to be playful. Its joviality would be a blessing if the picture wasn’t actually about the slow drain of cancer, creating quite a problem for the production as it works to maintain light and dark without establishing a comfortable middle ground. It’s difficult to gauge the effort’s sincerity when it’s frequently working to show off its knowledge of film and home video history, but “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” does connect in a few areas of empathy. Unfortunately, it takes some work to claw away the preciousness of the project to get to its heart. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com