It Ends with Us
2024 · Directed by Justin Baldoni
Original language: English
- drama
- romance
The story
When a woman's first love suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with a charming, but abusive neurosurgeon is upended, and she realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.
What it’s like
Warm, glossy golden-hour light spills over Boston and a flower shop in a softly sunlit, romantic palette of peach, cream and deep blue, with the camera often lingering on bright blooms, rooftop skylines and close two-shots in an unhurried, polished style. The tone shifts between sun-warmed nostalgia and a tense, creeping unease, with flashback sequences in a paler, dreamier grade that marks the past as a different season. The score is lush and piano-led, swelling into sentiment at emotional peaks and dropping away to quiet rooms when the atmosphere turns. Intensity is serious: domestic abuse is central, with on-screen physical violence, a frightening confrontation, and emotional coercion that lands with real weight, though gore is absent. The pacing is measured, with the emotional core built around a woman slowly recognizing a pattern she has tried to excuse and finding the nerve to act on it. Best suited to a slow, attentive evening rather than background viewing, and aimed at viewers who want romance and melodrama that take domestic harm seriously rather than gentle, low-stakes comfort.
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