Disabled activist group Not Dead Yet , who campaign against assisted suicide, have described the film as "grossly misrepresenting the lives of the vast majority of disabled people".

Ellen Clifford, a 38-year-old disabled activist with the group, described the film's message as "dreadful".

"The message of the film is that disability is tragedy and disabled people are better off dead," she told BuzzFeed News. "It comes from a dominant narrative carried by society and the mainstream media that says it is a terrible thing to be disabled."

Discussing the film's plot, Clifford said she found it "deeply ironic" that the disabled character was urging the able-bodied character to "live boldly".

"What about him? The message is that you can't [live boldly] as a disabled person."