Me Before You

Ableism as Romance makes disabled partners look like burdens and erasure look like love.

Solid performances don't balance out the problematic parts of Me Before You, which are many.

Schmaltzy when it should be moving, phoney when it should be sincere, and borderline offensive when it should be thought-provoking, the high-profile rom-com Me Before You is almost a perfect cinematic calamity.

Me Before You has no interest in the realities of life with disability; it is, rather, yet another variant on a threadbare formula.

In other words, if you've ever wanted your romance with a side of disability and chronic pain, Me Before You is perfect for you - as long as you don't actually want a realistic depiction of any of those things.

Me Before You presents itself as classier than its genre, but it fundamentally delivers an imbalanced central relationship that comes off as quite sexist.

The ultimate treatment of the heart of this story leaves us with a more bitter than sweet taste.

Sigh. Folks. It's 2016. I mean, seriously. Aren't we past these pathetic stereotypes by now? Can't we move away from these ridiculous disability as tragedy storylines?

It doesn't have anything interesting to say about its themes or characters - they all exist within a generic and simplified love story.

I didn't get it.