It has a terrible ending...

Rating: 1/10 (24 September 2016)

Yes, this cruel and harsh review does contain spoilers, stop reading any further if you have not seen this movie. Otherwise proceed.
Look, I love romantic movies to end the way I like books to end, with that happy feel good ever after and together forever style. I stay away from movies and books that end otherwise, for me movies and books have always been a way for me to escape the real world. Real life doesn't always have happy endings that's why there are books and movies to offer escape from such times.
So how did I end up watching this particular film? My dad picked it out, he wanted to see what it was about. When I heard the word Switzerland come up I had this feeling in my stomach that it was going to be one of those movies where the hero and heroine weren't going to get their happily ever after. I looked it up online and sure enough I was right. I didn't spoil it for my dad and kept my mouth shut, but for me I was loathing the film from then on out. Why is Hollywood glamorizing suicide? It's a coward's way out. To think there is no other option, no possible hope for a better life. It's selfish, which makes the title appropriate, he was definitely thinking of himself before her and what she was willingly offering to him. To open yourself up to love like that is not always easy and to love someone the way she did, most people shy away from it because it does take a lot of work. William could have chosen a life with Lou, sure there would have been hard times, but like she said in the movie he wasn't even giving her a chance. What a way to say I love you, 'you're just not enough of a reason for me to live on.' Aces.
Sorry, but I'm not going to recommend this movie to others. Ball was dropped on what had so much potential for being a spectacular film with a tremendous love story.