Me And Earl And The Dying Girl Analysis

The movie Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and based upon the original book, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, by Jesse Andrews. The film features Thomas Mann (Greg), Nick Offerman (Greg’s dad), Connie Britton (Greg’s mom), RJ Cyler (Earl), Olivia Cooke (Rachel), and Molly Shannon (Rachel’s mother) as its main characters. The movie can be divided into two parts; the first is when Rachel is diagnosed with cancer, meanwhile she stays strong-minded and positive. The second part occurs when Rachel can no longer remain hopeful through her treatments and essentially leaves herself to die. The movie may not be your typical “cancer love story” but in its entirety it has an amazing plot and contains a very beneficial use of voiceover. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is the story about a teenage boy named Greg who belongs to no particular social group at school and avoids any type of
Throughout the film Greg makes remarks towards specific scenes in order to give the viewer a different train of thought. An example of this is when the movie is pointed towards Rachel’s death and Greg reassures the viewers that, "She survives … so don't freak out.", even though Rachel does in face die. The use of voiceover changed the way many viewers thought the film was going to end, thus successfully allowing Greg to change the way we perceive his story. The Hollywood Reporter’s article 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl': Film Review mentions the use of voiceover by stating, “the movie knows what you're thinking: More than once, Greg's winning voiceover points out” and later on says, “Greg manages perceptions in other ways…assuring us that this girl we're falling for is not going to do what the title implies.” The article expands on the use of voiceover by stating that Greg has “wining voiceover” and that he is able to manage the viewer’s perception disregarding what the film title