Colleen Hoover's It Ends with Us
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Justin BaldoniScenario:
Christy HallCamera:
Barry PetersonActeurs:
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Jenny Slate, Brandon Sklenar, Hasan Minhaj, Amy Morton, Alex Neustaedter, Steve Monroe, Daphne Zelle, Kevin McKidd (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
It Ends With Us, het eerste, besteller boek van Colleen Hoover dat verfilmd is, vertelt het meeslepende verhaal van Lily Bloom (Blake Lively), een vrouw die na een traumatische jeugd opnieuw wil beginnen in Boston, waar ze hoopt haar droom van een eigen bloemenzaak waar te maken. Bij toeval ontmoet ze de charmante neurochirurg Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni) met wie ze meteen een klik heeft. Ze vallen als een blok voor elkaar, maar na een tijdje krijgt Lily een kant van Ryle te zien die haar aan de relatie van haar ouders doet denken. Als Lily’s eerste grote liefde Atlas Corrigan (Brandon Sklenar) ineens weer opduikt in haar leven, komt haar relatie met Ryle onder grote druk te staan. Lily beseft dat ze moet leren vertrouwen op haar eigen kracht om een onmogelijke keuze te maken die bepalend is voor haar toekomst. (Universal Pictures International Netherlands)
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It Ends Us has a very tricky and intrinsically dense subject matter, but it fails to translate it to the screen in such a way that the film "made my mouth drop". In the beginning I had quite a problem with the direction of the actors and the dialogue in general, while the film as a whole is also harmed by the considerably overlong running time, which had the effect of diluting the intense subject matter. Alongside this, it's also a shame that the film and its subject matter has been overshadowed by some controversy surrounding its promotion. That being said, I was intrigued by the way domestic violence was depicted, where from the perspective of the love-struck main character it seemed like a series of unfortunate incidents. I also have to praise the soundtrack, especially the songs by Lana Del Rey and Cigarettes After Sex, which fitted the film perfectly.
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An unexpectedly fine cinema visit. I hadn't read the book and only had a rough outline of what the film would be about, so I can only rate the film, and it worked decently for me. The whole thing is pulled off by Blake Lively, who is all personality on screen and is just fun to watch, but the story also reeled me in decently, even though it's actually pretty ordinary on the whole. It has romance, it has drama, the tension in the climactic scenes is handled perfectly, and that "pressure" scene is so well done that my heart was racing, and likewise the reunions, break-ups and all the elements around it kept me entertained and managed to grab my heart in places. A very surprising piece that I wasn't expecting much from, but which actually worked more than well in almost every aspect. Satisfaction.
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