Me Before You

PG-13

6/3/20161h 50m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Live boldly. ~

Overview:

A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.

Director:

Thea Sharrock

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$20,000,000.00

Revenue:

$207,945,075.00

Key words:

depression
small town
based on novel or book
england
artist
wheelchair
romance
love
caretaker
caregiver
disabled
valentine's day
twenty something
woman director
accident

Cast

Emilia Clarke

~ as ~

Louisa 'Lou' Clark

Sam Claflin

~ as ~

William 'Will' Traynor

Janet McTeer

~ as ~

Camilla Traynor

Charles Dance

~ as ~

Stephen Traynor

Brendan Coyle

~ as ~

Bernard Clark

Jenna Coleman

~ as ~

Katrina 'Treena' Clark

Matthew Lewis

~ as ~

Patrick

Samantha Spiro

~ as ~

Josie Clark

Stephen Peacocke

~ as ~

Nathan

Vanessa Kirby

~ as ~

Alicia Dawares

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Reviews (1)

Reno
Written 9 year(s) ago
7
Changing one's fixed mind is not an easy task.

Based on the novel of the same name, directed by a new lady filmmaker. This British film has two young sensation Sam Claflin and Emilia Clarke in the important roles. The story of a young man who was paralysed recently meets his new caretaker. Initially they both won't fit for each other, but after some time everything changes when they together do some outdoor activities. While the film progress, it only gets more emotional. Besides, it's fun watching the first two acts, particularly the performances from both the lead strikes strongly.

After a very long time I watched a good tearjerker, but not that strong. It is a simple story, there's no big adventure or romance in it. That's right, it is not a romance film and if you decide to watch expecting one, you will be definitely disappointed. Also slightly it delivers a bad message like the negativity for being one seriously ill and alive. This issue is only on the humanity ground, but afterall everyone entitled to do what they want, because it's their life.

Anyway, the film avoids the usual cliché. Like there's no scene that you had seen in other similar theme repeats here. Deliberately avoided to make it a fresh piece. Basically, if you observe closely the both two lead characters, they had a different agenda about their life. Particularly the caretaker never ever tried anything seriously to accomplish her undertaking.

On the other hand, those parts were very realistic, but still gives us a cinematic experience due to the fancy screen presentation. Surely a good watch, I think everyone should watch it, because there's no drugs, sexes or nudes or even the strong kissing scenes. Only the main theme is something disturbing, particularly for the tender-hearted people. Other than that, I hope you watch it if you haven't yet.

7/10