It Ends with Us (2024) movie 
It Ends with Us is a 2024 American romantic drama film; this novel was written by Colleen Hoover in 2016 and the screenplay belongs to Justin Baldoni. Lily Bloom is played by Blake Lively and Ryle Kincaid is played by Baldoni while Atlas Corrigan, Allysa and Marshall are played by Brandon Sklenar, Jenny Slate and Hasan Minhaj respectively. The film was released by Sony Pictures on August 9, 2024 and has gotten rather mediocre reviews by critics but was still successful commercially with $204. 4 million worldwide.

Plot Summary
The movie is explicit around the life of the main character, Lily Bloom, who comes back to her town of Plethora, Maine for the funeral of her father. Lily tries to perform a speech and say what she loves about her abusive father, but she cannot name anything and simply drops to her knees at the podium. Moving back to Boston, she starts a flower shop where she encounters a wealthy neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid. Although they both fall in love with each other, Lily reluctant to commit in the relationship because of Ryle’s type of women he usually date. Despite significant character development, Lily’s past and present blend in the course of the film when she meets her high school sweetheart – Atlas Corrigan, who is now a successful chef.

Ryle also becomes jealous of the comfort that something named his mother provides to lily at the same time as their relationship increases passion, and once, he hits Lily. While Ryle apologises the scenario goes on that deteriorates when he becomes more aggressive. Following a physical confrontation where Ryle attacked Lily and pushed her down the stairs, she goes to Atlas and finds out she is pregnant. Unable to deal with both her love for Ryle and his temper, Lily moves out on him. She delivers their daughter, Emerson, but decides that she cannot continue being in an abusive relation. Finally, having a second much happier meeting with Atlas in unlikely circumstances, a possible future is subtly suggested for Lily.

Production and Alleged Conflict

Justin Baldoni announced his intention to adapt the novel in 2019, to both direct and act in it, alongside Blake Lively. Principal photography started in May 2023 in Hoboken, New Jersey, however, the strikes of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA slowed the shoot. The other members of cast: Alex Neustaedter as young Atlas, Isabela Ferrer as young Lily, Amy Morton as Jenny, Lily’s mother. The creation of music for the film was done by Rob Simonsen and the soundtrack was produced by, and available through, Madison Gate Records.

What is more, the production process was described as being fraught with conflict between Lively and the director Baldoni. Further reshoots prompted rumours of a behind-the-scenes disagreement after Lively was said to have hired an editor for a new version of the movie. This conflict became more evident in publicity events; Baldoni ceased to tour jointly with Pino, as their promotional posters reveal. The cut that was premiered in theatres was said to have been more preferred by Lively.

Critics’ Response and ‘Market Return
It Ends with Us has been received both negatively by the critics while being received well by the readers. From the critics, it has received a 57% approval rate, and the common comment from most the critics has been that while the performances were good, the dialogues were bad. Based on the reviews, it received from the critics the Metacritic score of 53, which means it was received ‘mixed or average’ on the whole. Nevertheless, the CinemaScore gave the film an ‘A–’ rating and the PostTrak subscribers expressed a significant approval.

Wendy Ide of The Observer said, ‘Three stars It may be a hard-knock life but this is also aspirational even if the story is mostly grim’. The acting was lauded, particularly Johanna Schneller of *The Globe and Mail* on Lively’s portrayal of Lily; and the storyline was also appreciated, by Kevin Maher of *The Times*. On the other hand, judgment came from Hannah Giorgis of The Atlantic which states that the film failed to deal with these serious issues properly and what Sandra Hall of The Sydney Morning Herald described to be corny dialogues and loud and intense music.

Promotion and Controversy
Blake Lively, during the promotion campaign for her movie targeted on the issue of domestic violence, was criticized for her careless attitude toward the problem. Some deemed her efforts to sell her own brand and urging women to wear flowers in their outfit relevant in the film as sexual. Lively later on Instagram defended domestic violence victims and provided links to help. *The Hollywood Reporter* claimed that the motion picture failed to communicate seriousness of its theme in the advertisement.

Future Prospects
After the movie release, Baldoni agreed that there might be an adaptation process of the sequel novel, It Starts with Us. Though, he blurted out that Blake Lively might direct it, indicating at a new course that the consequent sequel might opt for.