Name : Lindsey Bahr / Alias : Associated Press
Ultimately, The Angry Birds Movie does a decent job exploring the merits of anger. It's no Inside Out, but it has heart and life, which isn't too shabby for any film - app or not.

Name : Rafer Guzman / Alias : Newsday
The movie's story, by John Cohen, is pretty thin gruel, but Jon Vitti's smart-aleck script can be quite funny, and the brightly colored animation is appealing.

Name : Peter Travers / Alias : Rolling Stone
Repackaged way past the time when the game was a peak obsession, this animated joyride is still an irresistible invitation to shake your sillies out.

Name : Stephen Whitty / Alias : New York Daily News
"The Angry Birds Movie" is just fowl.

Name : Leah Greenblatt / Alias : Entertainment Weekly
The 3-D animated film delivers a mildly diverting mix of winky meta-jokes and moral lessons, cannily aimed at both the next generation of tiny consumers and their more sophisticated parents.

Name : Guy Lodge / Alias : Variety
A fast, fizzy and frenetically entertaining extension of the manic gaming franchise that, at its zenith, had children of all ages glued to their smartphone screens.

Name : Leslie Felperin / Alias : Hollywood Reporter
The animation punches well above its weight with properly Looney Tunes-standard sight gags, polished, highly expressive character design, and rendering so intensely computed nearly every barbule and rachis on each individual feather is visible.

Name : Tom Huddleston / Alias : Time Out
A brash, sarcastic just-about-family-friendly adventure.

Name : Alonso Duralde / Alias : TheWrap
Let's be clear, then: The Angry Birds Movie isn't pointless because it's based on an app. It's pointless because it's pointless.

Name : Connie Ogle / Alias : Miami Herald
Me Before You is a juicy, ripe red apple of a romance with a razor blade embedded under its skin.

Name : David Edelstein / Alias : New York Magazine/Vulture
Fans of the best-selling novel by Jojo Moyes will be heartened to hear that she wrote the screenplay, too, and that she has preserved all the lines that - when read aloud - will provide much mirth at your next dinner party.

Name : Andrew Barker / Alias : Variety
These are deep, complicated issues the film wades into, and it quickly winds up out of its depth.

Name : J. R. Jones / Alias : Chicago Reader
I can't recommend this movie to anyone older than high school age.

Name : Mara Reinstein / Alias : Us Weekly
The fault is not in our stars. In breakout performances, Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin are magnetic as soulmates doomed by a Dire Medical Prognosis.

Name : Brian Truitt / Alias : USA Today
Jojo Moyes adapted her own best-selling book, which helps give Me Before You a singular inviting vibe instead of feeling like The Fault in Our Stars 2.

Name : Peter Travers / Alias : Rolling Stone
A sob story that averts its eyes when things get uncomfortable about the tangle of sex and frustration. Still, you can't blame audiences for being seduced by two shining young stars.

Name : Peter Rainer / Alias : Christian Science Monitor
The only real acting in this movie comes from Janet McTeer and Charles Dance as Will's aggrieved parents. They bring some ballast to this blubberfest.

Name : Kate Lloyd / Alias : Time Out
This adaptation of Jojo Moyes's best-seller (scripted by the novelist herself) might have the structure of a comfort-food weepie, but it's a rom-com with brains.

Name : James Berardinelli / Alias : ReelViews
It's not perfect - there are times when the pacing is off and the epilogue tries too hard to end things on a positive note - but it's effective and affecting.

Name : Mick LaSalle / Alias : San Francisco Chronicle
A sort-of romance, liberally sprinkled with moments of corniness and emotional dishonesty.

Name : Rex Reed / Alias : New York Observer
Me Before You is not without punishment, but it's so well made that it survives every drawback.

Name : Alison Willmore / Alias : BuzzFeed News
Isn't that romantic? No, it's really not.

Name : Sheri Linden / Alias : Hollywood Reporter
Far too much of this high-gloss tearjerker proceeds as a by-the-numbers romantic fantasy, nudging the viewer every step of the way.

Name : Tony Hicks / Alias : San Jose Mercury News
Moyes and director Thea Sharrock kept the love story too shallow to be really intriguing. They seem to have forgotten that great romantic films don't have to be pretty, and have skimmed the story of any real human ugliness .

Name : Bruce Kirkland / Alias : Toronto Sun
Me Before You will jerks some tears, maybe even from cynics.

Name : Steven Rea / Alias : Philadelphia Inquirer
Shameless in every way imaginable, Me Before You milks the pathos for all it's worth, but milks the comedy, too.

Name : Tom Russo / Alias : Boston Globe
It's intriguing to see the bits of ambitious ethical weightiness mingled with the movie's gloss.

Name : Joe Dziemianowicz / Alias : New York Daily News
The film becomes a testament to the transcendent power of love - but not in the way you expect.

Name : Michael Phillips / Alias : Chicago Tribune
Clarke has loads of talent, but in Me Before You she's undermined by director Sharrock's technique, and an endless slew of overeager reaction shots.

Name : Alonso Duralde / Alias : TheWrap
Forget art, or even craft: This is the kind of movie that can't even get its shameless audience-pandering in order.

Name : Richard Roeper / Alias : Chicago Sun-Times
Me Before You is a beautifully filmed and well-intentioned weeper marred by an unfortunate performance from one of the leads, and a plot development that leaves us more angry and frustrated than moved in the final act.

Name : A.O. Scott / Alias : New York Times
A recent screening of "Me Before You" concluded with audible sniffles and even a sob or two. Why not gales of laughter or quiet snores? These are the mysteries that trouble a critic's uneasy mind.

Name : Jocelyn Noveck / Alias : Associated Press
The filmmakers seem to have missed an opportunity to deal in a sophisticated way with a thorny, important subject. Still, you'll probably cry anyway. It's that kind of film.

Name : Julia Cooper / Alias : Globe and Mail
This film cost $20-million to make and, at its heart, is a glossy, live-action Beauty and the Beast, with a quadriplegic in the role of non-human animal.

Name : Kate Clark / Alias : Seattle Times
Overall, the film is sweet but often loses impact in its most serious moments by blasting a happy pop soundtrack.

Name : Chris Nashawaty / Alias : Entertainment Weekly
It may not quite rise to the level of a classic three-hankie tearjerker, but it's proof that sometimes one or two hankies is more than enough to get the job done.

Name : Bill Goodykoontz / Alias : Arizona Republic
The plot is filled with cliches and the attempt at the bigger picture - the value of a life - is muddy at best. You may find the film courageous, but you're more likely to find it . sad.

Name : Stephen Whitty / Alias : Newark Star-Ledger
Keeping any reality out of this love story does audiences - and people with handicaps - no favors. After all, kisses do sometimes need to be flavored with a few tears.

Name : Rafer Guzman / Alias : Newsday
As a romantic weepie, not bad. As a drama about a disabled man, possibly offensive.

Name : Linda Barnard / Alias : Toronto Star
Not everyone will be rooting around for a fresh supply of tissues.

Name : Adam Graham / Alias : Detroit News
Clarke's sparkle is similar to when Julia Roberts graced the screen in "Pretty Woman." Get used to her, she'll be around for awhile.

Name : Lou Lumenick / Alias : New York Post
Unfortunately, this ultra-glossy romantic drama derived from a best seller twists into very dark territory - a drastic tonal shift that neither its stars nor debuting director, Thea Sharrock, a respected stage veteran, manage with dramatic credibility.

Name : Jesse Hassenger / Alias : AV Club
Clarke is endearing, but verges on mugging. Claflin is at his best when Will gives in to his competitive urges, which happens exactly once.

Name : Stephanie Zacharek / Alias : TIME Magazine
A harmless enough entry in the "adorable mite tames surly masculine beast" romantic-weeper genre, hitting all the right beats with the clink of an expertly struck cowbell.