Do they have their own story?
Rachel’s cancer primarily forces Greg’s maturation and emotional vulnerability.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
2015 · Fox Searchlight · Theatrical
FAIL
Summary
High-school senior Greg is pushed to spend time with Rachel, a classmate who has leukemia. Along with his friend Earl, he makes a film for her as their friendship deepens.
Why it fails
Are they allowed to live?
Her death is stylized as beautiful artistic revelation for Greg.
Does the medical reality hold up?
Treatment/decline is present but generalized and subordinated to coming-of-age structure.