Dir: Thea Sharrock (12A, 110 mins)
A weepie about seizing the day and living for the moment based on Jojo Moyes’ bestselling book, this has Emilia Clarke ditching the dragons for romance and Sam Clafin leaving Hunger Games for life affirmation. Clafin plays Will a recently paralysed former banker who is now utterly fed up with life, who meets Clarke’s Lou, who becomes his carer. She lives for the moment and adventure, he has retreated from that, guess what happens. It’s formulaic slush given extra depth by nuanced performances by the young leads and strong support from Charles Dance, Janet McTeer, Brendan Coyle and former Dr. Who assistant Jenna Coleman. Set in an idyllic, idealised England, this has very little in the way of surprises but still engages and suckers you into a quiet sniffle with the help of it’s all pervasive soundtrack. Thea Sharrock makes a solid directorial debut with a sob story that manipulatively works. Opens June 3
words KEIRON SELF