In an effort to get out of the house and away from politics on a rainy day I took myself to the movies this afternoon. My favorite movie house (or movie-haus?) Midtown Arts Cinema was playing a new, independent film, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl - the story of an awkward teen who befriends a girl with leukemia in his senior year of high school. As much as I dislike stories of precocious kids, it's a touching story and one that hit fairly close to home. The lead actors are great, particularly Olivia Cooke, who is utterly charming and vulnerable and believable as the dying girl. Many of the conversations on her illness felt very familiar. She even seeks treatment at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center like me.
Being sick and going thru treatment and dealing with your own emotions and also dealing with the emotions and reactions of those close to you is no cake walk. There's no "Idiot's Guide to Having Potentially Terminal Cancer and Not Being a Selfish Jerk While Taking Care of Your Friends and Family" - you just have to wing it in nearly every possible way. She did a great job of communicating that in the film.
It's worth seeing.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/me_and_earl_and_the_dying_girl/?search=me%20and%20earl
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