Me Before You

"Live boldly."

2016 1h 50m EN

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7.9

BANGER

★7.9TMDB · 13,637

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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Lou Clark, a directionless 26-year-old from the English countryside, takes a job at the local castle as a caregiver and companion to a wealthy young banker, Will Traynor. Wheelchair-bound from an accident two years prior, the once adventurous Will has all but given up — that is until Lou determines to show him that life is worth living.

“Live boldly.”

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Cast

Emilia Clarke
Louisa 'Lou' Clark
Sam Claflin
William 'Will' Traynor
Janet McTeer
Camilla Traynor
Charles Dance
Stephen Traynor
Brendan Coyle
Bernard Clark
Jenna Coleman
Katrina 'Treena' Clark
Matthew Lewis
Patrick
Samantha Spiro
Josie Clark

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Thea Sharrock
Writers: Tony Chance, Michael H. Weber, Scott Neustadter
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Grossed $208M — a 10.4× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Thea Sharrock, shot by Remi Adefarasin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Craig Armstrong. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor John Wilson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin and Janet McTeer carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: "Live boldly.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2674426 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Thea Sharrock directs. Remi Adefarasin behind the camera. Craig Armstrong scores. John Wilson cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Grossed $208M — a 10.4× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
2Released 10 years ago.
3Directed by Thea Sharrock, shot by Remi Adefarasin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Craig Armstrong. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor John Wilson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin and Janet McTeer carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Live boldly.".
8IMDB entry: tt2674426 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
913,637 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
10Classified under 16 themes, including "depression", "small town", "based on novel or book", "england".
11Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Remi Adefarasin
Original score: Craig Armstrong
Editing: John Wilson
Production design: Andrew McAlpine
Costume design: Jill Taylor
Makeup / hair: Fae Hammond
Sound: James Mather
Runtime: 110 min · 1h 50m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $207,945,075
Return: 1040% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Me Before You (2016)

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Reno2016-10-14
★ 7/10
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

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