*Article contains spoilers

There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the movie, "Me Before You", that was released June 3, 2016. Many people are outraged by one of the main character's, Will Traynor's decision to end his life through an assisted suicide. Comments have been made that the movie endorses disabled people to end their lives because they are a burden on their loved ones. Upon reading such statements, I decided to go see for myself if it was true. I could not imagine the well known actors, Sam Claflin (Will Traynor) and Emilia Clarke (Lou Clark) -and many other big names- would endorse a movie with such a message.

Here is what I learned:

The Internet has overreacted...again. After watching the emotional 2 hour movie, I did not have the impression that the movie was for Will ending his life. If anything, I had the opposite impression. The movie presented many different sides to the issue of assisted suicide, and none of them were for Will's death, except Will himself. Will did not fool anyone into thinking that he thought he was a burden to his loved ones. He thought he was a burden to himself because he could not be the man he was before. This mentality showed how Will had the bare minimum of character development, and I found him to be stubborn and small-minded. He was not willing to give his life a second chance, even though Lou was providing him with multiple options on how he could still live his life to the fullest.

Will's approach to his disability is one story, and one reaction, to a new way of living.

Overall, the movie was phenomenal, so if you decide to watch it, take tissues with you. So many tissues. ALL OF THE TISSUES.