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Not Everyone Can Be a Costume Designer, Blake Lively | It Ends With Us Review

Welcome back to Solo Movie Dates, this week Natalie deep dives into the 2024 Netflix romance-drama, It Ends With Us.

We also discuss choir band rehearsal and singing fun pop songs. Taylor Swift getting dragged into production drama , Ryan Reynolds rewriting scenes, and the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni onset feud situation.


Episode Timestamps
  • 00:00 – Introduction to Solo Movie Dates
  • 00:42 – Natalie's Week
  • 03:13 – Solo Movie Date | It Ends With Us
  • 07:46 – It Ends With Us Recap
  • 26:00 – Lily Bloom as a character
  • 34:20 – Lily & Atlas
  • 38:02 – Lily & Ryle
  • 46:13 – Lily's wardrobe
  • 49:54 – Wrap Up


The Deep Dive (Movie Synopsis)

Directed by Justin Baldoni and written by Christy Hall, It Ends With Us is a 2024 romance-drama adapted from Colleen Hoover's bestselling novel that explores the complicated realities of generational trauma and domestic abuse. The film follows Lily Bloom—played by Blake Lively—a woman who moves to Boston to open a unique flower shop and embark on a new chapter after her father's passing. She quickly falls into a whirlwind romance with a charming neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni) ; however, as Ryle's behavior turns dangerously volatile, Lily's past comes rushing back when her first love, Atlas Corrigan (Brandon Sklenar), unexpectedly reenters her life. Produced by Columbia Pictures and Wayfarer Studios, this emotional narrative handles heavy themes surrounding the cyclical nature of abuse and the immense strength required to break it, making it a must-watch for fans of intense book-to-screen adaptations and complex, character-driven dramas.

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