
Movie Review: 'It Ends With Us' with Blake Lively tackles big issues but slips into soap opera
Hindustan TimesLily Bloom and Ryle Kincaid don't really meet-cute. Movie Review: 'It Ends With Us' with Blake Lively tackles big issues but slips into soap opera So begins the uneven movie adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling 2016 novel “It Ends With Us” starring Blake Lively, which tries to balance the realities of domestic violence inside a rom-com and a female-empowerment movie. The script by Christy Hall has some terrible clunkers — “This man runs through women like candy,” someone says at one point — but nicely maneuvers around the book’s weird spots, like making Lily's dad’s funeral a flashback instead of an odd recreation on the rooftop. But “It Ends With Us” doesn’t end quickly enough — more than two hours drag — with tangents and poor editing, like sudden scene cuts that leave viewers looking for clues to where they are. The bursting soundtrack — with Thom Yorke's “Dawn Chorus,” Lewis Capaldi’s “Love the Hell Out of You” and Brittany Howard's “I Don't” represented — has the undeniable presence of Lively bestie Taylor Swift, who has lent her “My Tears Ricochet.” When Lily and Ryle finally hook up for the first time, she warns him: “Don't let me regret this.” She will, of course.
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‘It Ends With Us’ Star Offers Honest Take On Whether He’s ‘Team Blake Or Team Justin’
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It Ends with Us author Colleen Hoover quietly bows out from Instagram amid Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni drama
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Blake Lively Sues 'It Ends With Us' Director Justin Baldoni Alleging Harassment, Smear Campaign
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Blake Lively sues ‘It Ends With Us’ director Justin Baldoni alleging harassment and smear campaign
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Blake Lively's It Ends With Us co-star Jenny Slate breaks silence on Justin Baldoni lawsuit
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It Ends With Us studio backs Blake Lively amid lawsuit against Justin Baldoni: ‘Any such attacks have no place…’
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‘It Ends With Us’ author Colleen Hoover stands by Blake Lively amid sexual harassment case against Justin Baldoni
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Blake Lively accuses ‘It Ends With Us’ director Justin Baldoni of harassment and smear campaign
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Blake Lively accuses 'It Ends With Us' director Justin Baldoni of harassment and smear campaign
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Blake Lively accuses director, co-star of ‘It Ends with Us’ of sexual harassment, smear campaign
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Blake Lively sues 'It Ends…' co-star Justin Baldoni, accuses him of sexual harassment
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It Ends With Us fans applaud Justin Baldoni over 'empathetic and responsible' act amid Blake Lively drama
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The movie 'It Ends With Us' faces criticism for glamorizing domestic abuse
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How "It Ends With Us" gets domestic violence wrong
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Blake Lively’s ‘It Ends With Us’ Co-Star Responds To Backlash
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On-set drama: It Ends With Us insider rips ‘effortlessly rude’ Blake Lively, ‘performative feminist’ Justin Baldoni
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‘Blake Lively interview made me want to quit my job’: Journalist shares clip amid It Ends With Us drama
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The It Ends With Us press tour drama explained: Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's rift and marketing backlash
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Blake Lively's It Ends With Us 'romanticises and glamorises domestic violence, needs a trigger warning' says prominent feminist activist
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Blake Lively’s It Ends with Us banned in Qatar due to kissing scenes
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It Ends With Us cast drama explained amid Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni 'feud'
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Justin Baldoni hires PR expert amid alleged ‘It Ends With Us’ controversy
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"Abusers are gonna see this film too": "It Ends With Us" producer on sending a message to everyone
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‘It Ends With Us’ movie banned in Qatar for kissing scenes
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Why do people hate Colleen Hoover? We explain as controversial It Ends With Us adaptation starring Blake Lively drops
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Blake Lively movie It Ends With Us is BANNED in Qatar due to kissing and non-graphic sex scenes with Justin Baldoni
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‘It Ends With Us’ Review: The Blake Lively Movie Mostly Stays True To The Book
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Review: In ‘It Ends With Us,’ flirtation leads to abuse in a movie that soft-pedals the source text
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Here's the "It Ends With Us" controversy people aren’t talking about
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It Ends with Us review: This Colleen Hoover adaptation is sincere but completely ludicrous
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It Ends with Us gets lukewarm reaction: Blake Lively's romantic drama branded 'sincere but completely ludicrous' by critics
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Blake Lively reveals Ryan Reynolds wrote pivotal scene in her new film It Ends with Us
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It Ends With Us first official trailer released! Blake Lively shares steamy scene with co-star Justin Baldoni (and Taylor Swift song serves as soundtrack!)
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‘It Ends With Us’ author details novel’s dark inspiration, casting decisions for upcoming film
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