After Some Not-Great Marketing, Here's How 'It Ends With Us' Actually Depicts Abuse

Warning: Discussion of domestic violence and abuse.

Spoilers for It Ends with Us ahead.

Okay, so this movie is not a masterpiece; the dialogue can be clunky, and moments can be absurdly cheesy. But there is something real there, something the marketing missed.

I couldn’t help but think of all the times it made me go, “That reminds me of when that happened,” or “I’ve felt like that, too.” As the movie theater lights came up and I heard the sniffs and rustle of tissues around me, I got the feeling that I wasn’t alone.

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