A spirited caregiver tries to show a despondent banker that life is worth living, finding unexpected romance.
Melancholy and romantic. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
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It stays inside its PG-13, with some innuendo or implied sex and mild language.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 10.
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Lou Clark, a directionless 26-year-old from the English countryside, takes a job at the local castle as a caregiver and companion to a wealthy young banker, Will Traynor. Wheelchair-bound from an accident two years prior, the once adventurous Will has all but given up — that is until Lou determines to show him that life is worth living.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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