"Produced as part of the streamer's Sony deal, it benefits from some real studio gloss (proper lighting!) and as Polo & Pan's perfectly balmy Nana plays over a transporting shot of our heroine lounging on a beach (the song was also used in Netflix's underrated Christmas romcom Let it Snow), I was ready to relax with her. But what a brief escape it turned out to be"
"The adaptation of Emily Henry's much-loved 2021 novel has the superficial trappings all in check (eyes with permanent twinkles, unrealistic main character job in this climate, more easily affordable Taylor Swift song on the soundtrack) but no heart or soul to go with it. There's simply nothing to root for or care about or grasp on to, just the limp tracing of something we've seen many many times before."
People We Meet on Vacation is a Netflix romantic comedy adaptation of Emily Henry's 2021 novel released in early January. The production shows studio polish, effective lighting, and an evocative soundtrack including Polo & Pan's "Nana" and a Taylor Swift song. The film stars Tom Blyth as Alex and Emily Bader as Poppy and follows their pact to vacation together every year after a college road trip. The narrative alternates between past summers and the present as Poppy prepares to see Alex at his brother's Barcelona wedding. The film borrows tropes from When Harry Met Sally and One Day but struggles with shallow characterization and emotional flatness.
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