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A Balasaur Score of 77 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 81%, Metacritic 74/100. Every source lands within 7 points of the others, across 2,800 audience votes. Scores higher than 91% of the 6,627 2010s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to unravel when his mother forces him to befriend a classmate with leukemia.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes81%
Metacritic74/100
2,823 audience votes
Key crew
- Jesse AndrewsScreenplay
- Alfonso Gomez-RejonDirector
- Nico MuhlyOriginal Music Composer
- Brian EnoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Olivia CookeRachel Kushner
- Thomas MannGreg Gaines
- RJ CylerEarl Jackson
- Connie BrittonGreg's Mom
- Nick OffermanGreg's Dad
- Molly ShannonDenise Kushner
- Jon BernthalMr. McCarthy
- Chelsea ZhangNaomi
- Masam HoldenIll Phil
- Katherine HughesMadison
- Matt BennettScott Mayhew
- Bobb'e J. ThompsonDerrick
Stills
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Themes
high schooltattoobased on novel or bookparodyleukemiacoming of agefriendscancerteenage boyhigh school studentpittsburgh, pennsylvaniabased on young adult novel
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