Greg, a gangly, sarcastic teenager, and his best friend Earl share a fondness for movies. They remake classic films using stop motion animation and wacky costumes. At the urging of Greg’s mom, the guys befriend Rachel, a classmate with cancer. In unsentimental fashion, the three embark on a journey that involves growing up, facing death, and other rites of passage. USA, 2015, 105 minutes, rated PG-13
Winner, Grand Jury Prize, 2015 Sundance Film Festival
“This brilliantly funny, casually profound and deeply affecting coming-of-age chronicle, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon from a screenplay by Jesse Andrews, even manages to be life-enlightening – it’s a fresh take on contemporary adolescence as a journey from ironic detachment to openhearted feeling. . . .” – Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
“A smart-ass charmer, merciless tearjerker and sincere celebration of teenage creativity. . .” – John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
“Blending 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.” – Peter Debruge, Variety
