Movie · 2024 · Drama, Romance · 2h 11m · PG-13 · English
Curator score: 0.7/10 (845.3K ratings)
We break the pattern or the pattern breaks us.
Overview
When a woman's first love suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with a charming, but abusive neurosurgeon is upended, and she realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.
Ratings
Curator score: 0.7/10
IMDb: 6.3/10
Letterboxd: 2.34/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 55%
Metacritic: 53
TMDB: 6.9/10
Director
Justin Baldoni
Production
Columbia Pictures, Wayfarer Studios, Saks Picture Company
Cast
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Jenny Slate, Brandon Sklenar, Hasan Minhaj, Kevin McKidd, Amy Morton, Alex Neustaedter, Isabela Ferrer, Robert Clohessy, Robin S. Walker, Emily Baldoni, Adam Mondschein, Caroline Siegrist, Robyn Lively, Megan Robinson, Steve Monroe, Daphne Zelle
Where to watch
Hulu
Curator Review
Verdict
A glossy, emotionally manipulative romance-drama that treats abuse as melodrama more than lived experience, with uneven performances and a tone that many viewers found unintentionally campy or frustrating. It may work as a hate-watch or for audiences curious about the cultural phenomenon, but as a film it is too clumsy and tonally confused to recommend broadly.
Best for
fans of high-drama contemporary romance
viewers curious about the Colleen Hoover adaptation discourse
hate-watch groups and social-media commentary
audiences who prefer melodramatic, glossy studio romances
Skip if
you want a nuanced or sensitive portrayal of domestic abuse
you are looking for strong writing or consistent tone
you dislike melodrama, product-placement sheen, or soap-opera plotting
you prefer romance films with more emotional credibility
Overview
It Ends with Us wants to be a sweeping romance about breaking a cycle of abuse, but the movie keeps tripping over its own glossy packaging. The result is a film that feels less like a serious drama than a prestige-adjacent soap opera, with awkward tonal shifts and a script that often reduces difficult material to plot mechanics.
Worth noting
The central relationship is meant to be unsettling, yet the movie’s emotional framing is so inconsistent that the stakes rarely land with the force they should. Instead of building real tension or insight, it leans on familiar beats, polished surfaces, and a kind of overlit sentimentality that makes the whole thing feel strangely detached.
Bottom line
There are moments that clearly aim for catharsis, but they are undercut by the film’s uneven performances and its tendency to rush past the hardest parts. For viewers interested in the surrounding cultural conversation, it’s a notable artifact; as a drama, it’s more exasperating than affecting.
Top Letterboxd reviews
emmgem (1.5★) · 19068 likes
here are the 5 things i love about this movie:
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carley :) (1★) · 16144 likes
got the most explosive diarrhea of my life during this colleen hoover you will be hearing from my lawyers
júlia (1.5★) · 10757 likes
it ends with us wanting to unwatch this film
ram<3 (1.5★) · 9056 likes
the swifties are gonna love this film 💀
jeaba (1.5★) · 7696 likes
feeling:
1. uncomfortable
2. grateful to have never read a colleen hoover book