It Ends with Us

It Ends with Us is a 2024 American romantic drama film directed by Justin Baldoni from a screenplay by Christy Hall, based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Colleen Hoover. The film stars Blake Lively, Baldoni, Brandon Sklenar, Jenny Slate, and Hasan Minhaj.
It Ends with Us was released by Sony Pictures Releasing in the United States on August 9, 2024, to mixed reviews.
== Plot ==
Lily Bloom visits her hometown of Plethora, Maine to deliver a eulogy at her father's funeral. At the podium, she says she will list five of her favorite things about him, then stands in silence for several seconds before walking off.
Back home in Boston, she prepares to open her own flower shop. While sitting on the rooftop of an apartment complex, she meets Ryle Kincaid, a charming neurosurgeon who lives on the top floor. They are mutually attracted to one another, but their encounter is cut short when he has to leave for an emergency surgery.
While renovating the building that will become her shop, Lily meets a friendly woman named Allysa, who offers to work for her, to which Lily agrees. She later learns that Allysa is Ryle's sister.
At Allysa's birthday party, Ryle admits to Lily that he has been unable to stop thinking about her. They passionately kiss, but Lily stops him, citing that he is only interested in a string of casual affairs while she wants a serious relationship. They end up not having sex, but she spends the night at his apartment. The next morning, he asks to date her, and she agrees. She later takes him to meet her mother, Jenny, at a new restaurant, Root, and discovers that the owner and head chef is her high school sweetheart, Atlas Corrigan.
One morning, Ryle burns his hand while cooking breakfast for her. When Lily tries to help, he slaps her, but immediately apologizes and insists it was an accident. Lily later takes Ryle, Allysa, and Allysa's husband Marshall to Root. Noticing Lily's bruised eye and Ryle's bandaged hand, Atlas confronts her in the bathroom and implores her to leave him. Ryle finds them together and assumes the worst; a physical altercation between the men breaks out, culminating in Atlas ejecting Ryle.
Atlas later visits Lily's shop to apologize, and gives her his phone number in case she ever needs it. Lily reveals to Ryle that her father was physically abusive to her mother. Allysa later gives birth to her and Marshall's daughter. While visiting Allysa in the hospital, Ryle asks Lily to marry him; she accepts. He later finds Atlas' number and angrily storms out of the apartment; in the ensuing argument, he pushes her down the stairs, but later claims she accidentally fell and he tried to catch her.
Root is given a feature in a local magazine, including an interview with Atlas where he reveals he named the restaurant in Lily's honor. In a jealous rage, Ryle attempts to rape Lily. She escapes the house and returns to Root, seeking Atlas' help. He takes her to the hospital, where she discovers that she is pregnant. While she stays with Atlas for a few days, he confesses that he still loves her. When Lily opens up to Allysa about Ryle's treatment of her, Allysa confides that as a child, Ryle accidentally shot and killed their older brother, Emerson, resulting in unresolved trauma that manifests in bouts of uncontrollable rage. She insists that Lily not take Ryle back.
Root is given a feature in a local magazine, including an interview with Atlas where he reveals he named the restaurant in Lily's honor. In a jealous rage, Ryle attempts to rape Lily. She escapes the house and returns to Root, seeking Atlas' help. He takes her to the hospital, where she discovers that she is pregnant. While she stays with Atlas for a few days, he confesses that he still loves her. When Lily opens up to Allysa about Ryle's treatment of her, Allysa confides that as a child, Ryle accidentally shot and killed their older brother, Emerson, resulting in unresolved trauma that manifests in bouts of uncontrollable rage. She insists that Lily not take Ryle back.
Lily moves out, though Ryle begs her to return home, promising to seek psychiatric treatment and not continue the abuse. Lily later gives birth to a daughter, whom they name Emerson. Shortly after delivering the baby, Lily tells Ryle she wants a divorce; he agrees after she asks him how he would react if their daughter told him she was being abused by her partner. She hopes she has ended the cycle of abuse within her family, telling her daughter, "It ends with us."
Years later, Lily and Jenny take Emerson to visit Lily's father's grave, where Lily leaves the blank list for her eulogy. Lily later runs into Atlas at a farmer's market, and they greet each other.
== Cast ==
== Release ==
The film was originally set to be released theatrically in the United States on February 9, 2024, and June 21, 2024, but the release date was pushed back to August 9, 2024.
It was released earlier on August 7 in Belgium, Finland, the Philippines, and Sweden.
== Reception ==
===Box office===
In the United States and Canada, It Ends with Us was released alongside Borderlands and Cuckoo, and is projected to gross $23–30 million in its opening weekend, with some estimates going as high as $40–50 million. The film made $24 million on its first day, including $7 million from previews on Wednesday and Thursday night.
===Critical response===
 Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, while those surveyed by PostTrak gave it an 85% positive score, with 69% saying they would definitely recommend it.
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== References ==
Category:2024 films
Category:2024 romance films
Category:2020s American films
Category:2020s English-language films
Category:American romance films
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:Films affected by the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike
Category:Films affected by the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike
Category:Films based on American novels
Category:Films based on romance novels
Category:Films directed by Justin Baldoni
Category:Films scored by Rob Simonsen
Category:Films shot in New Jersey
Category:English-language romance films
Category:Films about domestic violence
Category:Films starring Blake Lively
Category:Films starring Isabela Ferrer
Category:Films starring Justin Baldoni
Category:Films starring Brandon Sklenar
Category:Films starring Alex Neustaedter
Category:Films starring Jenny Slate
Category:Films starring Hasan Minhaj