"Don't make me regret this," Lily Bloom, the improbably named Boston florist played by Blake Lively, warns Ryle Kincaid (the improbably named neurosurgeon played by Justin Baldoni, who also directs) in an early scene of It End with Us, the first big-screen adaptation of one of Colleen Hoover’s fan-favorite #BookTok novels.
At this point in the romantic melodrama, the only real danger is to Lily's heart: that this charming, sharp-jawed bachelor will sweep her off her feet and ultimately play her for the fool. It soon becomes clear, however, that beneath their rooftop flirtations and odd maraschino-cherry banter, there beats something far more menacing. But it's this very tonal clash that makes this a regretful rendition of Hoover's 2016 best-selling book.
