Thank you for the excellent summary of a movie I don't intend to see! I'm afraid even if I wanted to read the source book, now I can't, simply because I cannot accept Ryle as a real name. Did the mom write "kyle" in cursive but the Gen Z nurse couldn't read it? What kind of name is RYLE?? I can't get over it.
I read the book many years ago, but haven't watched the movie yet. The abuser will only get worse until the abused finally leaves or it's too late. My stepson's mom was m*rdered by her husband a year ago. We didn't know there was a history of DV until it was too late. Like you said, I hope this movie has an impact on someone experiencing DV who needs to see it and they're able to get out before it's too late.
So I haven't seen it (no plans to), but it sounds to me (beyond the Baldoni/Lively whatever it is) like the marketing for this was just not right. All the commercials I saw for it made it seem like a romcom...and it's definitely not. It's nice to hear that the actual film does address DV, but I hope people didn't go in blind to this and then were triggered.
Thank you for the excellent summary of a movie I don't intend to see! I'm afraid even if I wanted to read the source book, now I can't, simply because I cannot accept Ryle as a real name. Did the mom write "kyle" in cursive but the Gen Z nurse couldn't read it? What kind of name is RYLE?? I can't get over it.
The only solace is that people probably aren't naming their babies Ryle en masse, if only because he's such a terrible guy!
I certainly hope so!
I read the book many years ago, but haven't watched the movie yet. The abuser will only get worse until the abused finally leaves or it's too late. My stepson's mom was m*rdered by her husband a year ago. We didn't know there was a history of DV until it was too late. Like you said, I hope this movie has an impact on someone experiencing DV who needs to see it and they're able to get out before it's too late.
I'm so sorry. That's horrible.
So I haven't seen it (no plans to), but it sounds to me (beyond the Baldoni/Lively whatever it is) like the marketing for this was just not right. All the commercials I saw for it made it seem like a romcom...and it's definitely not. It's nice to hear that the actual film does address DV, but I hope people didn't go in blind to this and then were triggered.
I do wonder what people who didn't read the book think about it!
Haven't seen it yet, but loved your take! I will see it eventually!