Title: It ends with us
Actors: Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Jenny Slate
Director: Justin Baldoni
Writers: Christy Hall, Colleen Hoover
Genre: Drama
Length: 2 hours 10 minutes
My Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤
It Ends With Us
Lily Bloom did not have the best experience growing up. Her father was very abusive towards her mother. So when her mother wants Lily to give an eulogy at her father’s funeral, she has nothing good to say about him and leaves. The same night, she finds a rooftop where she meets Ryle Kincard. They immediately fall in love and start dating. Everything goes well for her. Lily Bloom opened her own flower shop, she in a great relationship, and has amazing friends.
But that doesn’t last for long. Lily sees Atlas again, the boy she fell in love with when she was younger. He now has his own restaurant, just like he wanted. The next time Lily shows up at his restaurant again, she has a black eye. It was just an accident Lily tells him, but Atlas does not believe her. He thinks that Ryle is abusive, just like Lily’s father. He tells her to run away from that relationship.
Review
The book (written by Colleen Hoover) was published in 2016 and I think I read the book as soon it was published. I think it was also the first book I’ve ever read by Colleen Hoover. Since that moment, I’ve only read one other book by Colleen Hoover (December 9). Her books are not easy to read. It is always about heavy stuff. And the people who tell you that her books are romance novels are wrong. Even on IMDB, it says that this movie is a romance/drama. But I am not sure if I would call it romance. Most of the time Romance is cute and makes you feel happy and good. This movie was heavy because it is about a toxic relationship.
It had been years since I read the book, so I kind of forgot the details of this book. But I remembered certain things. I think they did a pretty great job with this adaptation. I even heard someone saying that they prefer the movie over the book. I am not 100% sure if I would agree with that. But I can admit this movie was pretty good.
In the beginning, when Ryle becomes abusive, everything looks like an accident. They filmed it that way. So as a viewer, you also start believing that the first black eye was an accident. Later in the movie, when Lily remembers the truth, you’ll also see what truly happened.
I think they did a great job on the casting. I was mostly impressed with Brandon Sklenar. His character Atlas was my favorite one. And even though the movie is over two hours long, it didn’t feel that long to be honest. I liked that they showed clips from Atlas & Lily’s past. To be honest, I like their story.
The only thing that bothered me was that this movie didn’t evoke a lot of emotions. I remember when I was reading the book, I really felt what she was going through. I did not feel that way about this movie. I believe it was so much worse in the book. That book made me cry if I remember correctly.
Overall, I think it is a good movie about domestic violence, but they could have done it a little bit better by showing it. I wanted to feel the fear Lily was experiencing. It could have been a little bit more dramatic. I mean it’s not about the love story. It is about a toxic relationship. Let’s not romanticize that. I saw from other reviews that they left out a lot of details from the book. But because I read the book a very long time ago, I did not really notice.