This article contains discussions of the movie and book’s depiction of domestic violence and abuse.
While out at dinner with Ryle, Lily runs into Atlas again after years spent apart.
Pretty immediately,Atlas recognizes that something isn’t right in Lily and Ryle’s dynamic.
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Although he left small-town Maine behind to join the military, Atlas promised to return to Lily one day.
Although he still leaves Maine to join the military, he has long had dreams of opening a restaurant.
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In addition to cooking for Lily as a teen, Atlas realizes his dream in the present.
It helps that Atlas feels like a fully realized character before he offers Lily refuge from Ryle’s abuse.
When Lily’s father discovers Lily and Atlas together, he lashes out.
Based on Colleen Hoover’s 2016 novel, It Ends With Us is a drama-romance film directed by Justin Baldoni. The film follows a recent college graduate named Lily, who meets a man named Ryle and falls in love with him. However, a traumatic incident compounded with her former high-school sweetheart re-entering her life complicates her plans.
Lily watches in horror as her father assaults Atlas.
However, a traumatic incident compounded with her former high-school sweetheart re-entering her life complicates her plans.
