‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and the Audience Award for U.S. Drama at the Sundance Film Festival this January and was acquired by Fox Searchlight Pictures for $12 million, the most ever out of the festival. It got great reviews at Sundace; the movie currently has a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is the story of a teenage filmmaker who befriends a classmate with cancer. The hope is that the movie can attract the audience that made The Fault in Our Stars a success last summer.
Release date: June 12
‘Dope’
Dope is another Sundance success story. It too has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie has been described as a coming of age movie for the post hip hop generation. According to the official synopsis, Dope “tells the story of Malcolm (Shameik Moore) who is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.”
While its cast is made up of virtual unknowns, Dope has a lot of star power behind the camera. The movie was produced by Forest Whitaker (who also narrates), executive produced by Pharrell Williams, and co-executive produced by Puff Daddy. The cast includes Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Blake Anderson, Zoë Kravitz, A$AP Rocky, Tyga, Keith Stanfield, Casey Veggies, Vince Staples, Chanel Iman, and Rick Fox. The movie was written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa.
Release date: June 19
‘The Overnight’
The Overnight is yet another movie to premiere this January at Sundance and currently hold a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It stars Taylor Schilling, Jason Schwartzman, Adam Scott, and Judith Godrèche.
Written and directed by Patrick Brice, this is a movie about one weird night. According to the official synopsis, “Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, have recently moved to Los Angeles’s Eastside from Seattle. Feeling lost in a new city, they are desperate to find their first new friends. After a chance meeting with Kurt at the neighborhood park, they gladly agree to join family pizza night at his home. But as it gets later and the kids go to bed, the family ‘playdate’ becomes increasingly more revealing as the couples begin to open up.”
Release date: June 19
‘Infinitely Polar Bear’
Infinitely Polar Bear debuted at Sundance in 2014, and Maya Forbes’ movie is finally getting released now. So far it’s received pretty solid reviews; it currently holds an 81% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Mark Ruffalo stars as a manic-depressive mess who tries to win his wife (Zoe Saldana) back by attempting to take full responsibility of their two daughters. Forbes’ own daughter Imogene Wolodarsky stars as one of the daughters in the movie.
Release date: June 19
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