This post contains spoilers forIt Ends With Us.
Thus is the meet cute ofIt Ends With Us.
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After all, the two soon fall into recognizable behavior for romantic leads.
Was it a woman?
Lily asks about his angry outburst.
It was a chair.
Hoovers novel deals directly with the cycles of domestic violence.
The violence climaxes with Ryle raping Lily, through which she becomes pregnant.
All of this happens in the movie adaptation, directed by Baldoni and written by Christy Hall.
Marketing stunts include Reynolds (and his mother)crashing a junketto interview his wifes lover Sklenar.
And thats exactly what Hoover, Baldoni, and Hall do inIt Ends With Us.
But thats not what the later trailers and social media campaigns have promised or emphasized.
Misleading marketing is of course nothing new.
No More Hiding
Domestic violence needs to be talked about.
The marketing needs to match those goals, not shy away from important themes.
It Ends With Us is now playing in theaters.
