Director : Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Running Time : 106 mins
School kid Greg Gaines (Mann) is asked to befriend Rachel Kushner (Cooke), who he was friends with when they were little. Rachel has been diagnosed with leukemia, and neither Greg nor Rachel really want to hand out with each other, but they soon develop a bond that sees them seeing each other on a regular basis and, in order to cheer her up, he starts showing her the home movies he and his friend Earl (Cyler) have made over the years, parodying Hollywood greats. Eventually Greg and Earl decide to make a video especially for Rachel, in the hopes of making her feel better.
This is a fun movie with the kind of characters you don’t usually get in teen films. The three leads purposely don’t fall into any of the usual high school cliques that are portrayed in American films, and as such they feel more real to me. This movie has both comedy and drama, and will have even the most stony hearted reaching for the hankies or simply staring at the screen in disbelief as the story unfolds.
You’ll like this if you liked : Be Kind Rewind
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