NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

PodBill Just what I expected

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

matthijsv-esveld This film is truly original. I can not stop thinking about it. Everything it shows you is necessary from beginning to end. The narator tells the watcher she doesn't die in the end, and that takes the attention away from the girl and it brings a real "coming of age" vibe to the story. This is supported by the great way it shows how you can feel when someone you like touches you and more. But then, in the end, she dies anyway. Even though everyone suspected this, it is still a great plot twist and it brings back the pain of losing. This makes the end the pinnacle of the movie, and end this fenomenal scenario. Thank you to everyone credited.

jsmalls918 It's rare that I give a movie a 10 out of 10. Yet, I had good reason. This movie was hands down the most beautifully developed and heart-wrenchingly performed movie I've ever seen. It really made me realize that there are still good people, and people who appreciate good people, out there. Though it's a movie, movies like this can only be based on real life experiences that really rip your heart apart. Greg is so quirky and awkward, but in a rare and hilarious way, and Earl just adds to the hilarity. His pure genuineness, kindness, and 'over-the-top humility,' as Rachel put it, come packaged in that awkward casing; deep down you knew those former qualities were always there, but they truly emerge and blossom as you see him give of himself to Rachel day in and day out. He almost sacrificed his senior year and future for her. That is true friendship and love at its finest.Though Greg started spiraling (understandably) when he found out Rachel was stopping treatment, he showed his true colors when he brought the corsage to the hospital to give to his date. My heart was very satisfied when I heard that ambulance as he got out of the limo. He proved to be a real gentleman and good person, which are rare commodities nowadays. I think the beauty of the movie truly hit me at the end of the movie when they revealed quirky and artistic things about Rachel even after her death. (On a side note, I knew that I couldn't believe Greg when he said she wouldn't die That was the only thing he said in that movie that didn't sound genuine.) As Greg walked through the room, perusing her shelves of concave book art, and as I watched him trace the squirrel's path from wall tree to wall tree, hearing him describe the story behind her ashes being thrown in the park behind her house, I couldn't help but fall in love with her character and the movie as a whole. The ending was frustrating and painful and deeply heart-wrenching, but piercingly beautiful. I would watch this 1,000 times more. I don't know if I even want to watch another movie like it because I'll always have this profound, magnificent.movie to compare it to. I am deeply wonderfully satisfied.

sol- Life changes for a philosophical high school student when his mother guilts him into keeping a classmate dying of leukemia company in this quirky comedy starring Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler and Olivia Cooke as the three title characters. The trajectory of the film is not hard to predict with Mann (the 'Me' in the title) coming to truly appreciate his new friend and reevaluate the way he has pigeonholed all of his peers over the years. And yet, the film remains thoroughly encapsulating thanks to witty, observant narration from Mann and a fun subplot in which Mann and Cyler "swede" classic films, 'Be Kind Rewind' style. There are some well done moose and chipmunk claymation scenes too that reflect how Mann feels about the girl who he has a crush on taunting him. It is Mann's highly calculated approach to surviving the high school experience that stands out the most though with his attempts to befriend everyone and every clique at his school to avoid developing enemies. He makes for a fascinating character too with his reluctance to call anyone a true friend out of fear of rejection. The final few scenes of the film go a little overboard in his painting Man as a generous, giving and selfless soul behind his detached exterior, but there is a lot to like in the way Mann comes to realise that he is not quite as cynical as he once thought. Given the key themes of death and dying, the movie makes a sharp argument for never letting oneself get too detached in life no matter how hard some things may be to endure.

princefunkmachine I prepared myself with tissues considering the subject matter. I did cry, but not because the film was good. It wasn't good, it was very bad. It tried too hard to be quirky, and at times it reminded me of the film, Juno. Kids with snappy one liners-- saying things that young people don't say. The girl dying from cancer had a Mom who was drunk,and overly inappropriate with the girl's male friends. That was about it. She also had a weird sad face. Somewhere between drunk, and constipated. The young man wasn't likable, in fact his emotionless quips were slightly psychotic. And his parents were so odd, and one dimensional. The Dad, he always plays the same type of character in all his films, Nick somebody-- aka. Ron Swanson in a caftan. No one stood out too me at all. I don't remember their names, or what they said, or did. The ending was particularly creepy -- the boy sneaking into the dead girl's room and looking at her things, and trying to find meaning in it. It was empty.