

Will is miserable and takes his misery out on the unsuspecting girl hired to care for him. Me Before You tells the story of Louisa Clark, a small-town Brit who, after struggling to find a job, is hired as a caretaker for Will Traynor, a quadriplegic man. Retaining it for the screen would have resulted in another unwelcome entry into the already full cannon of films that include extraneous instances of sexual assault against women. The film, which stars Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin and opens Friday, June 3, omits a troubling subplot - a rape that seems out of place in an already dark book. But the film version of Jojo Moyes' best-seller, Me Before You, thankfully does so in a way that improves the story.

Very often, film adaptations of popular books exclude beloved plot points or characters, much to the chagrin of devoted fans.
