It Ends With Us is a property that has always been surrounded by controversy. The original book has often been criticized for romanticizing domestic violence. Unfortunately that was something that was not fixed when adapted into a movie. It was only made worse. A lot of the issue actually surrounded the film’s lead, Blake Lively. The internet finally caught on to the fact that she is truly a terrible person. Watch any interview with the Gossip Girl cast and you will see that none of that core group could stand her. Then we add in the fact that she went after Ryan Reynolds while he was still married. Sprinkle in the fact that they got married on a plantation. And top it off with the fact that they are both scabs who continued working during the strike. So when she used the promo of a domestic violence movie to promote her haircare line I was not in the least bit surprised. Framing it as a rom com was just icing on the shit cake. All that said I genuinely had to force myself through this movie.
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Okay guys…this movie is truly terrible. Our leads had no chemistry. The protagonist is insufferable. The pacing is slow, the act structure is nonexistent. And it really does glorify domestic violence and does not do a very good job of raising awareness for warning signs. This movie had an opportunity that it wasted. 0/10, do not recommend, definitely do not watch. It is such a waste of time.
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