Me Before Emilia Clarke's Eyebrows

Rating: 3/10 (16 May 2020)

I saw this movie twice. The first time was in theatres when it came out. I remember I didn't like it at all, but that could have been because my aunt was sobbing next to me throughout the entire movie and I had to supply her with tissues.
I watched it again more recently after having read the book, and I have to say...it wasn't better.
I give it 3 stars because I like the fact that Jojo Moyes, who wrote the book, also wrote the script so the film stays mostly true to the novel. I also don't mind Sam Claflin's performance, and Emilia Clarke was casted perfectly. I did manage to laugh a handful of times at the beginning at some of the wittier lines.
That is all I have to say about the movie that's good. Otherwise, all of the acting seemed off and I spent more time watching Emilia Clarke's eyebrows than anything else. The soundtrack was absolutely awful, the music was overbearing and just didn't seem to fit the tone of the overall film. In comparison to the book, this was just too rushed. Everything happened so quickly, and the admirable aspects of the book were taken out of the film because it was either deemed unnecessary or too dark to include in an already pretty dark film, considering the end result.
As I said, there are a few chuckles early on, but it quickly gets boring. The best part is when Louisa asks wheelchair-ridden Will to dance with her and the first line of Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" starts playing. (When your legs don't work like they used to before)