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.

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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

Aug 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)

Oct 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

Aug 8, 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

Mar 3, 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

Sep 1, 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

Jul 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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Peter L

@RT73469430 6 days ago

Fantastic movie. Just saw it. Obviously a difficult subject, but it's handled with empathy, respect and soul. A highly recommended endorsement from someone who generally finds romance movies to be corny.

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Joanna T

@aerialgirly92 Aug 18, 2026

Movie kept as close as it could to the book. It only didn't detail unimportant things, like how Will's dad wanted a divorce but stuck through it for Will. So sad though how Will let her fall in love with him when he knew he wanted to die. The last scene is different from the book- in the movie, Will jokingly sings a song. However, in the book, Will is the one who tells Lou to tell him something good, and Lou tells a story about how they met under different circumstances (and Will was fully functional). A happy story.

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tills W

@tillyangel Aug 10, 2026

10/10 film, made me sob. The plot on this film is actually really lovely to watch and not boring at all, i was definitely hooked. I liked how it wasn't classic ending and that will wasn't magically cured, i think the ending was beautiful as well as so upsetting. would definitely watch again.

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Musa H

@Hale256 Aug 7, 2026

Hating on a movie just because it touches a sensitive topic is really absurd...I can't say much except that Emilia Clarke's performance brings out the love and care that people in such real life conditions really need...so anyone who feels like they aren't excited by flashy and trendy stuff but rather want to see something that actually brings out a true picture of our contemporary society...then this movie is an absolute and a must watch for u ...not fast paced but it really touches ur soft spot.

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Jennifer S

@Jenspective Jul 31, 2026

Louisa is sunshine in human form. She is a breath of fresh air that anyone would love being around. She has that laugh of a wholesome child. My best part is seeing how Will, being a full storm and comfortable in it, begins to let bits of that sunshine in until they begin a beautiful story.

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ximena C

@menaa.chavez Jul 11, 2026

i will forever love this movie

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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

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