"Abusers are gonna see this film too": "It Ends With Us" producer on sending a message to everyone
SalonWhen it went public that Colleen Hoover's "It Ends With Us," the massively popular best-selling book marketed as a romance novel, was going to hit the silver screen, fans were surprisingly upset. Blake Lively stars as Lily Bloom opposite "Jane the Virgin" star Justin Baldoni, who does double duty as the film's director and love interest Ryle Kincaid, who eventually reveals an abusive side. I don't quite know what happened but he didn't hit her.” It's an invitation to really walk a mile in the shoes of what that can actually feel like. There's no way, because I promised myself I would choose better and I would choose differently.” "If Lily is being gaslit, let's let the audience feel a little gaslit." Or when Lily finds out she's pregnant someone literally screamed, “No!” Yeah I love that s**t — like back in Shakespeare's time people would throw oranges.
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The movie 'It Ends With Us' faces criticism for glamorizing domestic abuse
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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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It Ends with Us review: This Colleen Hoover adaptation is sincere but completely ludicrous
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