- “Live boldly. Push yourself.” – William Traynor
- “Live well. Just live.” – William Traynor
- “There really isn’t much that can’t be solved by a cup of tea.” – Louisa
- “You can’t change how people are.” – Bernard Clark
- Start working on your Bucket List today. You never know how much time you have left on this earth.
- “You need to widen your horizons, Clark. You only get one life to live.” – William
- You love whom you serve.
- Emilia Clarke is charming as Louisa Clark. Her quirky fashion sense had the audience full of girls and women giggling every time she donned a new outfit with fuzzy sweater, brightly-colored shoes, and crazy tights. Her boyfriend, Patrick, tells her she looks like a leprechaun drag queen. I don’t watch the porn-filled Game of Thrones TV show, but fans will almost not recognize Emilia Clarke in this Chick Flick.
- Sam Clafflin plays the handsome, rich William Traynor. Who wouldn’t fall in love with that irresistible combination? We’ve seen him before as Finnick in The Hunger Games.
- Louisa’s sister’s name is Treena. I spell mine “Trina”. Still, we’re almost related.
- Filming was done mostly at Pembroke Castle in Wales. I saw some of the coolest castles in Wales last summer when I traveled through the UK. Beautiful landscapes and scenery are layered in the movie.
- Louisa is a real woman, nothing fake or phony about her. I laughed out loud when she was running and holding her chest, explaining that she had worn the wrong bra. Been there. Men will never understand the woes of womanhood.
- Louisa is embarrassed to wear her mother’s black & white checkered jacket to her job interview because it was from the 1980’s. I actually liked it! Of course, I was a teenager in the 80’s, so I guess that makes sense. Ha ha
- It’s really fun to see Matthew Lewis all grown up. Most of us know him as the shy, insecure Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films. In this movie, he plays a self-centered runner who is super fit and trim, yet a bit insensitive.
- Louisa & William’s first kiss was extremely slow and delicate. Kind of refreshing from some of the attack-mode kisses we usually see on the Big Screen lately.
- As a movie critic, I loved the discussion Louisa and William had about movies with subtitles. Sure, it’s a lot of work in the beginning, but a great foreign film will sweep you away to a far away land and envelope you in the story so much that you won’t even remember you’re reading. One of the best foreign films I ever saw was “Life is Beautiful.” At the very end of the movie, you actually hear Americans speaking English. I was so engrossed in the movie that the English actually startled me and broke the trance. I HIGHLY recommend that movie!
- If you have estrogen, you’re probably going to cry.
- It’s pretty predictable.
- “You know, Sharon…you can stick your premier badge right up your relaxed dining area.” – Louisa
- “A wind concerto?” – William
- “You’ll think I’m insane!” – Louisa
* “Every time I say something, he looks at me like I’m stupid.” – Louisa
“You are stupid.” – Treena
“Yeah, but he doesn’t know that.” – Louisa
- Louisa’s headboard matches her quilted bedspread.
- Fans of British comedy will get a kick out of seeing beloved comedienne Joanna Lumley who plays William’s drunk godmother at a wedding. Joanna was often seen playing a drunk character in her smash hit “Absolutely Fabulous.”
- William’s old girlfriend says “You know, you can only help somebody who wants to be helped.” Do you think that’s true? Not necessarily true?
- All the women in the audience swooned when William said “You know, Clark, you are pretty much the only thing that makes me want to get up in the mornings.”
- “I don’t want to go in yet. I just want to be a man who’s been to a concert with a girl in a red dress.” – William
- “I have become a whole new person because of you.” – Louisa
- Pre-marital sex. Discussion about positions during sex.
- There is a lot of discussion about assisted suicide, which is a very complicated, sensitive subject.
- William was in a motorcycle accident that left him as a quadriplegic. You may want to talk to kids about what exactly that means.
- Some profanity.
- There is a discussion about “Wellies”, which is a British word for rain boots.
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