It Ends with Us trailer: will you watch Blake Lively in a terrible relationship?

I am well aware that BookTok (book lovers on TikTok) have turned Colleen Hoover’s books into massive successes. For a while, I thought Hoover was just writing sort of modern romance novels, with some sex and drama and what have you. Then I realized that Hoover’s books are almost always about abusive men? That’s especially true of Hoover’s biggest bestseller, It Ends with Us. It’s been adapted into a film starring Blake Lively as the improbably-named Lily Bloom (who moves to Boston to… open a flower shop). Justin Baldoni plays Ryle Kincaid (the husband) and Brandon Sklenar plays Atlas Corrigan (the childhood friend), the two main guys in it, but Jenny Slate and Hasan Minhaj are also in it. It was directed by Justin Baldoni too. Well, here’s the trailer:

So, once I learned what Hoover’s books entail, I promised myself that I would never read one. That being said, I get why this story was adapted into a film? Like… these kinds of films used to be made all the time. Mid-budget dramas about terrible relationships. Now, does it feel like this is glamorizing abuse? For sure. It feels like Hoover is guilty of that too. That being said, this is the kind of movie Julia Roberts used to do. Jennifer Lopez has made a couple of films with a similar vibe. Girl meets guy, guy turns out to be a psycho, girl meets a different guy who isn’t a psycho.

PS… Taylor Swift’s fans are mad that Swift gave them a song. Like, Taylor and Blake are tight, I bet Blake asked for it.

Promotional images courtesy of Sony and Instagram.

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