Me Before You: Movie Analysis

Everyone has different relationships with their family, friends, and their specific other. People can see these differences in movies, television shows, and in public. One movie in general that shows these different types of relationship is the movie, Me before You. This movie is about a guy named, Will, who is recently paralyzed, wanted to end his suffering by signing up to the assisted suicide. However, it all changes when his mother hired Lou, a girl with cheerful attitude who was able to help him realized that there is more to look forward to in life. In this movie, they show what it is like collaborating, the costs of the relationship, the stable stage, and the declining stage between family and couples. On a daily basis, disagreements tends to happen often. When it comes to a dispute between two or more people, a resolution is needed in order for everyone to be content (O’Hair, Wiemann, Mullin, & Teven 2015 p. 232). In the movie, Me Before You, Will, the main character, is recently-paralyzed due to a car accident. He does not want to live anymore and told his parents that he …show more content…
When this happens, couples are facing the declining stage. The declining stage is when the relationship begins to come apart (Gottman & Silver 1999 p. 204). This happens to Will and Lou when they went on their last trip. On the last day of their trip, Will tells Lou that he is still going forward with the assisted suicide. He does not want to stay alive anymore because he is in pain. He is getting worse everyday and he wants it end. Lou believes that he was selfish for wanting to end his life and leaving her alone when she had opened up her feelings for him. In the end however, Lou had to accept that Will wanted to end his life. This is where the decline stage happens, where both of them goes their separate ways. Will gets to rest peacefully while, Lou is able to use the money that Will left her to go and live life to the