By Bob Bloom Making a movie about a dying teenager can be a tricky proposition. If it’s too sentimental, the filmmaker is usually accused of being emotionally manipulative. If he goes in the other direction, he is charged with being unrealistic or cynical. It’s a slippery slope that is difficult to balance. It seems, however, that director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon has mastered these nuances with “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.”
REEL BOB: ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’
REEL BOB: ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’
REEL BOB: ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’
By Bob Bloom Making a movie about a dying teenager can be a tricky proposition. If it’s too sentimental, the filmmaker is usually accused of being emotionally manipulative. If he goes in the other direction, he is charged with being unrealistic or cynical. It’s a slippery slope that is difficult to balance. It seems, however, that director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon has mastered these nuances with “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.”