74
Metascore
40 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeA smart-ass charmer, merciless tearjerker and sincere celebration of teenage creativity.
- 91The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezBrimming with wit, crushing last-act melancholia, laughs, and poignant heart, Me And Earl And The Dying Girl is a spectacular delivery of tears, love and laughter, and a beautifully charming, captivating knock-out.
- 90VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeBlending wit and modesty, Mann fits the bill, coming across as an overgrown kid with a good heart, but virtually no practice in relating to others — which is perhaps the thing that makes his experience so profoundly relatable.
- 80Time OutDavid EhrlichTime OutDavid EhrlichWhat begins as a spirited but safely familiar pastiche of John Hughes and Wes Anderson is compelled to become its own thing, Gomez-Rejon’s film embracing the most tired tropes of stereotypical YA weepies so that it can kiss them goodbye.
- High-school students have plenty of growing pains to offload, and Gomez-Rejon clearly knows what makes them tick. His film is at once buzzy, fun and confronting.
- 70Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonOverly precious but undeniably affecting, Me And Earl And The Dying Girl travels into familiar dramatic terrain — the offbeat coming-of-age story, as well as the terminal-cancer drama — to deliver something that feels handmade and also heartfelt.
- 38Slant MagazineSlant MagazineIt unites a mélange of teen-film tropes into a narrative overburdened with cultural references and framing devices, and undermined by a lack of attention to character.
- 30The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasGomez-Rejon has erected a gleaming shrine to adolescent narcissism.