Review of Me Before You (2016) by Daniel A — 27 Jun 2016

Me Before You is a fantastic romantic comedy also include a quite substantual amount of drama. The Plot starts off with Will Traynor going to his everyday job only to get hit by a motorbike leaving him paralysed.

The story then cuts to Louisa Clark who just lost her job that she'd had for years at a cafe and then goes on to look for more jobs. She gets a job as a care giver for a disabled man which happens to be Will.

The first couple of weeks Lou has a tense relationship with will to soon find out that will is giving his parents 6 months more till he kills himself. Lou doesn't want to sit around and watch Will die so her sister comes up with an idea to show how good his life can be by going places and doing things.

Will agrees to do the activities with Louisa with their relationship quickly getting better. The acting in this film is phenominal from Emilia Clark and Sam Claflin with some supporting actors/actress' doing a fantastic job as-well just not to the extent of our leads.

Me Before You is also a quite funny movie much to my delight, Louisa Clarks wardrobe choices to her boyfriends jealousy. The realism of this film is amazing, I know a lot of woman who would relate to Louisa thanks to the Director Thea Sharrock.

I also really liked Lou's wardrobe choices as it didn't go way over the top but they didn't hold back either. The only issue I had with Me Before You was that one part in the middle it dragged on as it did in the book, but having the screenwriter be the author of the book I wouldn't think she would change those bits.

Overall Me Before You does the book justice very well, it is amazingly written, directed and above all acted and is also suprisingly funny in bits. I give Me Before You a 9.5/10.