Emily Henry is all the rage these days in contemporary romance, with a whopping five of her novels being adapted for the screen. The first of these is People We Meet on Vacation, which hit the 2026 movie calendar on January 9 and can be streamed with a Netflix subscription. So how does the rom-com live up to the popular novel? Let’s see what critics are saying.
Emily Bader and Tom Blyth star as our main couple, Poppy and Alex, longtime besties who travel together every summer until one disastrous trip. In the flick, Poppy reconnects with Alex for one more trip together, inspiring her to explore their friendship and the tension between them. Angie Han of THR says the People We Meet on Vacation movie is not a life-changing venture, but a pleasant one — similar, in fact, to Alex and Poppy’s trips. Han says:
