![]() ![]() She’s lost sight of what the world has to offer her, and what she might have to offer the world in return. ![]() ![]() ![]() Alas, this bubbly creature is a bit down in the dumps - the bakery where she works has been forced to lay her off, and Lou is growing convinced that her potential is as dim as her job prospects. Essentially a live-action Disney princess, Lou dresses as though she’s channeled all of the excitement that’s missing from her life into her eccentric wardrobe, and she wears her emotions so broadly on her face that she might as well be a human emoji. Louisa Clark (“Game of Thrones” star Emilia Clarke, hardly recognizable without her dragons) is a spirited 26-year-old from a struggling middle-class family. This may look like a Nicolas Sparks knockoff, but the difference between “A Walk to Remember” and “Me Before You” is the difference between “2001” and “Chappie.” Adapted by Jojo Moyes from her beloved 2012 novel of the same name, this industrial-strength tear-jerker has all the subtlety of being hit by a runaway motorcycle, but it’s amazing how even the most strained of love stories can be completely revitalized by a palpable human touch. “ Me Before You” is such a wonderfully uncynical movie that it almost doesn’t matter that it isn’t very good. ![]()
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