Me Before You

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Me Before You

PG-13

2016

1h 50m

Romance

Drama

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Young and quirky Louisa "Lou" Clark moves from one job to the next to help her family make ends meet. Her cheerful attitude is put to the test when she becomes a caregiver for Will Traynor, a wealthy young banker left paralyzed from an accident two years earlier. Will's cynical outlook starts to change when Louisa shows him that life is worth living. As their bond deepens, their lives and hearts change in ways neither one could have imagined.

Critics Consensus

Me Before You benefits from Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin's alluring chemistry, although it isn't enough to compensate for its clumsy treatment of a sensitive subject.

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Carrie

Autostraddle

08/17/2021

Ableism as Romance makes disabled partners look like burdens and erasure look like love.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

10/10/2016

1/5

Schmaltzy when it should be moving, phoney when it should be sincere, and borderline offensive when it should be thought-provoking, the high-profile rom-com Me Before You is almost a perfect cinematic calamity.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

08/08/2016

2/5

Me Before You has no interest in the realities of life with disability; it is, rather, yet another variant on a threadbare formula.

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Therese Lacson

Nerdophiles

03/03/2021

3/5

The ultimate treatment of the heart of this story leaves us with a more bitter than sweet taste.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/01/2020

1.0/4.0

Sigh. Folks. It's 2016. I mean, seriously. Aren't we past these pathetic stereotypes by now? Can't we move away from these ridiculous disability as tragedy storylines?

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Allen Almachar

The MacGuffin

07/13/2020

C

It doesn't have anything interesting to say about its themes or characters - they all exist within a generic and simplified love story.

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Soaraia B

@RT17644618 4d

Sadness overboard. Great movie.

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Gabrielle C

@RT33750643 5d

I did not expect the ending, but the plot of the movie and the actors were great. I think they played their parts very well

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Abigail F

@RT82734489 5d

Emotionally and visually appealing, had a pretty good representation of how accidents may shape or change an individuals life. It taught me that sometimes, love is alone is not enough for a person to stay. Overall, good movie. Would rewatch.

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Gabo T

@GabrielleCastillo 5d

I did not expect the ending, but the plot of the movie and the actors were great. I think they played their parts very well

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sangwon O

@RT45518735 5d

I loved the movie, definitely worth a watch. At first, I was expecting a slow burn trope with a happy ending but I understood why it went that way. He found peace and she found happiness. Yet, it was very sad and predictable. Taught me a lot of stuff.

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Nica E

@RT19729832 5d

It was a good movie; it'll teach you a lot of things in life, especially in the behavior of an individual. This film showed me that love alone cannot solve every problem, and sometimes, people still make difficult choices despite being cared for deeply.

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Synopsis

Young and quirky Louisa "Lou" Clark moves from one job to the next to help her family make ends meet. Her cheerful attitude is put to the test when she becomes a caregiver for Will Traynor, a wealthy young banker left paralyzed from an accident two years earlier. Will's cynical outlook starts to change when Louisa shows him that life is worth living. As their bond deepens, their lives and hearts change in ways neither one could have imagined.

Director: Thea Sharrock
Producer: Karen Rosenfelt, Alison Owen
Screenwriter: Jojo Moyes
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Rating: PG-13 (Thematic Elements|Some Suggestive Material)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 3, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 16, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $56.2M
Runtime: 1h 50m