When Lou Clarke, our quirky, oddball and happy-go-lucky protagonist, played by Game of Thrones’ Queen of Dragons Emilia Clarke, is fired from her bakery job, she finds a job as a caretaker for a well-to-do family.
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Overall, this weekend’s release of Me Before You is not going to especially appeal to anyone who doesn’t like to have a good cry, but if that’s the sort of movie you flock to, it just might do the trick.
“We haven’t even finished the first one!” she gasped. Claflin’s character, though a quadriplegic for most of the film, inspires the readers to go out and try new and adventurous things as he pushes Louisa to do more with her life.
While the idea of death and disabilities can be a gloomy subject, the film can be very pleasant at times, mostly in part to Louisa Clark. Filming the tearful romance past year, her most memorable hijinks included a remote-controlled fart machine, which she would casually unleash on unsuspecting cast and crew. It’s incredibly sweet and often comedic to watch Louisa care for Will. It’s that kind of film. She constantly makes awkward, humorous comments, wears pattern-filled and amusing multicolored clothing. Taking a job at the local “castle”, she becomes caregiver and companion to Will Traynor (Claflin), a wealthy young banker who became wheelchair bound in an accident two years prior, and whose whole world changed dramatically in the blink of an eye.
Jonas said he previously met Clarke, who plays Daenerys Targaryen on the popular HBO show, at an Oscars after party, where he nervously introduced himself – and revealed his obsession with her social media profile. That doesn’t deter the smiley, positive-thinking Lou, who puts together a list of things he needs to do before meeting his fate. Those struggles give the movie its only real emotional weight, as Will quietly makes plans to end his life.
Still, unlike at least 90 percent of movies, “Me Before You” gets better as it goes along, and that’s something.
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“I just.want to be a man who has been to a concert with a girl in a red dress”. If you are one of those people – if you have for example actually committed to watching “The Fault in Our Stars” or “The Notebook” a couple of times, either endeavor an act of incomprehensible madness – then chances are you will enjoy “Me Before You”. 110 minutes. PG-13 (thematic elements and some suggestive material).
