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“It Ends With Us” Is A Surprisingly Subtle, Beautiful Melodrama About Breaking Generational Curses
Colleen Hoover’s 2016 novel “It Ends With Us,” the darling of BookTok and Bookstagram, has finally reached the big screen.
By Jillian Schroeder4 min read
The film follows Lily Bloom (Blake Lively in her first starring role in several years), a florist in Boston who resents the abuse her father perpetuated on her mother. Lily meets Ryle (Justin Baldoni), a neurosurgeon who turns out to be the brother of Lily’s new best friend Allysa (Jenny Slate). It feels like happily ever after to Lily – until Lily runs into her first love Atlas (Brandon Sklenar), and he begins to question the way Ryle treats Lily.