Title: People we meet on vacation
Actors: Emily Bader, Tom Blyth,
Director: Brett Haley
Writers: Emily Henry, Yulin Kuang, Amos Vernon
Genre: Romance
Length: 1 hour and 57 minutes
My Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤
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People We Meet On Vacation
Poppy and Alex meet when they are both heading back to Linfield and end up sharing a car. They are complete opposites. Poppy is the kind of girl who sees beauty in almost everything and dreams of traveling the world. Alex, on the other hand, loves coming home after a vacation and prefers staying in with a good book.
Somehow, despite their differences, they become best friends. Every year, they spend one week together somewhere in the world, having fun as friends. But one vacation changes everything, and now they are seeing each other for the first time in two years
Review
Am I the biggest fan of Emily Henry’s books? No, not really. I wouldn’t call them bad at all, they’re just not my favorites. That said, I did like Funny Story. Most of the Emily Henry books I’ve read have been a miss for me, but every now and then she writes something I genuinely enjoy. Still, I was super excited about this book. I think this is one of those books I kind of liked, not a favorite, but not a disappointment either.
And it is a great movie from the start. I loved the actors. The first part, when they’ve just met and are on their way to Linfield, is fantastic. Poppy is having fun and singing in the car, while Alex’s facial expressions are absolutely hilarious. That part really made me smile. They are complete opposites, but somehow they still become friends.
The chemistry is great. I really loved them together, and I think the casting was done perfectly. Even when they were both in relationships, you could clearly tell how much they cared about each other and that they had deeper feelings. He takes care of her when she gets sick, even though they were supposed to go to Norway, and they are constantly texting each other. When they have big news, they tell each other first instead of their partners.
After watching the movie, I saw people on social media saying it should have been a series, and I kind of agree. Now all of the vacation trips are pushed into one long movie. It would have been more fun if each vacation had its own episode, with more details and time to develop everything. I honestly wouldn’t have minded that at all.
But overall, I really enjoyed it. I think they spent a lot of money on this movie, definitely more than on most Netflix rom-coms. It felt more expensive and like they put a lot more effort into making it. The overall quality was higher than most romance movies these days. And the good news is that they also bought the rights to other Emily Henry books. I think Funny Story is going to be the next movie or series, and that’s my favorite Emily Henry book so far, so I really can’t wait.
Is the era of rom-com movies finally coming back? I hope so.