I took my 13 year old niece to see this film because she's read the book and told me she wanted to see it. And because I'm THE BEST AUNTY EVER.
It's about a paraplegic hot guy Will (Sam Claflin) who falls for his stunning, wacky, home help assistant Lou (Emilia Clarke, best known as Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones TV series). Once she twigs how crap her boyfriend Patrick (Matthew Lewis, best known as Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter flicks) is, she falls for him too. But there's a twist. I won't be so miserable as to spoil it.
Just how good an aunty I am became crystal clear as the film unfolded. It really wasn't my cup of tea. It wasn't terrible, just predictable middle-of-the-road meh.
Miss 13, however, liked it. On questioning, she said it was as good as the book (which she liked), she would recommend people pay money to see it, and would give it 4.5 stars out of 5.
She also said she thinks people aged 12-25 would be the audience that liked it most. For me, more like 12-17... you know the type... hormonal teenage girls who want to believe in luuuurve.
But I get the last say because this is my blog, ok?! I'm on board with this 2.5 star review by Leigh Paatsch in the News Ltd press, if you want to read more. You can read about the criticism the film has attracted from the disabled community here.
Trailer here. In cinemas now.