‘Me And Earl And The Dying Girl’ Film May Follow ‘Jules And Gym’

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's comedy drama film "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" can follow the path of Francois Truffaut's romance drama "Jules and Gym."

Jesse Andrews, who authored the novel of the same name, believes that the film adaptation will hit hard when people assume to see it, according to Philly. Gomez-Rejon's comedy drama film and Truffaut's romance film have one thing in common: two friends who get attached to a girl.

"Me and Earl and the Drying Girl" centers on Greg and Earl, two high school boys who make rogue movie shorts based on the classic films that they watch during lunch, as they do not want to hang out with the other students.

Greg's mother asks him to make friends with Rachel, a girl he has not been with since he was in grade school. Greg hangs out with Rachel, who is sad and alone because she suffers from leukemia.

The two friends invite Rachel to watch their funny movies and she is the sole person who has the permission to watch them. Eventually, Greg and Earl decide to make a film just for Rachel.

Teen-with-cancer dramas are some of the most uptight genres, which cover "angst to angels" and "brightness to bleakness," as per Elle. An example is Josh Boone's "The Fault in Our Stars" in 2014, which centered on two cancer teenage patients, who fall in love after a session at a cancer support group.

"Me and Earl and the Dying Girl," which stars R.J. Cyler, Thomas Mann, Olivia Cooke, and Connie Briton, embodies the gawkiness of high school life. It does not follow common plot of teen movies, which is falling in love, because in the film, Greg and Rachel will not fall in love.

Released on June 12, Gomez-Rejon's film "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.