Me Before You (2016)

Me Before You rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.4/10· 330K votes

Rotten Tomatoes55%

Metacritic51%

TMDb7.918/10· 13K votes

With 55% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.4/10 on IMDb and 51/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Me Before You

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.

Cast of Me Before You

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  Emilia Clarke

  as Louisa 'Lou' Clark

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  Sam Claflin

  as William 'Will' Traynor

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  Janet McTeer

  as Camilla Traynor

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  Charles Dance

  as Stephen Traynor

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  Brendan Coyle

  as Bernard Clark

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  Jenna Coleman

  as Katrina 'Treena' Clark

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  Matthew Lewis

  as Patrick

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  Samantha Spiro

  as Josie Clark

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  Stephen Peacocke

  as Nathan

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  Vanessa Kirby

  as Alicia Dawares

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  Ben Lloyd-Hughes

  as Rupert Collins

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  Joanna Lumley

  as Mary Rawlinson

Me Before You facts

Budget

$20M

Box office

$207.9M

Our take on Me Before You

Thea Sharrock's 2016 romantic drama follows Lou Clark, a directionless twenty-six-year-old from the English countryside who takes a job at the local castle caring for Will Traynor, a wealthy young banker left in a wheelchair by an accident two years earlier. Once adventurous and now withdrawn, Will has all but given up until Lou sets out to persuade him that life is still worth living. The film leans on the pair's prickly, warming chemistry and the class gap between them, building toward difficult emotional questions. It suits viewers who welcome earnest, tearful romance and character-driven feeling. Those wary of sentiment or sensitive to its subject may find it heavy going.