Whatever box-office mojo «It Ends With Us» had has been eclipsed by petty mudslinging around stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.
I wish the “It Ends with Us” drama tour would just end already.
Is the movie good? I don’t know, because I worked late on the night of a screening and missed it. Now I’d rather sit through a full Corey Feldman concert than spend the two hours watching this flick, which is based on a Colleen Hoover novel.
Whatever box-office mojo the movie had has been completely eclipsed by petty mudslinging around stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, who also directed it.
An eyeroll-inducing, old-fashioned pissing match playing out in the press and on TikTok and X.
In one corner is Lively, the pretty blonde movie star who regularly trades witty barbs on social media with her adorable husband, Ryan Reynolds. She has hair care and booze lines. She’s a mom, an entrepreneur.
In the other is Baldoni, star of “Jane the Virgin” and a proud male feminist. In 2017, amidst the #MeToo maelstrom — opportunistic? Maybe — he gave a TED Talk which sought to “redefine masculinity.” In it, he came to terms with his own vulnerability, sensitivity and his desire to also empower women.
After careful consideration of the available facts, I’ve come away with the following conclusion: They both stink.
(I also believe Lively should have been criminally prosecuted in 2010 for herlackluster acting and even worse Boston accent in “The Town.”)
To be fair, the two have not said a peep publicly about the drama surrounding their movie.
Yet somehow, a film about a woman wrapped up in a physically abusive relationship has become an offscreen story about two glittering Hollywood stars, their apparent dislike of each other, and the public’s growing disdain.
