This is a romantic comedy that is lifted directly from the pages of an Emily Henry novel of the same name. One of my kids who has read these along side of me noted that he thought that over time they seemed a little boring, and what I think is that there is a need to suspend belief in order to roll forward with the central premise, and this story is no exception.
Told in a nonlinear format, we follow frenetic travel writer Poppy she tries to get her groove back when her job is no longer fulfilling. We soon learn that the heart of the problem lies with her college best friend, the introverted Alex. Ever since meeting cute in college when Poppy joined Alex on a road trip from Boston College back to their hometown of Linfield, Ohio, one summer, the two have spent one week a year on vacation together, both unable to share how they really feel about each other.
When Alex finally breaks off with his on-again, off-again high school sweetheart, Sarah (Sarah Catherine Hook) before his brother’s wedding, Poppy impulsively decides to shirk off a work trip to attend the wedding in Barcelona, and possibly finally admit her true feelings for Alex, to him and to herself.
The endless approach/avoidance that happens here is tiresome and also hard to believe that people who have been friends the length of time these two were wouldn’t communicate better. In any case it does adhere closely to the book.
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