People we meet on vacation movie

Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I don’t like this book either so I won’t be watching the movie.


Sorry, I had another book (The Wedding People) in my head. Sorry.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I thought the movie was pretty bad. It left out a lot of the context from the book about why the characters were the way they were. Without it, I would imagine it is hard to understand why they don't just get together. I would be very curious to see what someone who did not read the book thought.


Can you remind me of the context about why the characters were they easy they were? It's been a while since I read the book.

I did enjoy the movie! I have a soft spot for Poppy. I think I used to be more like her in my teens and 20s but in trying to be less annoying, not "too much" all the time, plus trying to keep my work and household running smoothly, I may have lost some of that joie de vivre and spontaneity.
Anonymous
Didn’t like the book as much as others of hers. Thought the movie was ok not great (not a waste of time but not a must watch eitherr
Anonymous
It's been awhile since I read this but I remember the story not really matching the title.
Anonymous
Does Sarah become a flight attendant in the book?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Didn’t like the book as much as others of hers. Thought the movie was ok not great (not a waste of time but not a must watch eitherr


This was how I felt. Book was meh to me, movie was innocuous but basically something to watch while folding laundry or knitting.
Anonymous
Movie is flat and predictable had o skip through some of it as it was just really bad.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It's been awhile since I read this but I remember the story not really matching the title.


Didn’t read the book but the movie had nothing to do with meeting people on vacation. It was about the two friends on vacation.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's been awhile since I read this but I remember the story not really matching the title.


Didn’t read the book but the movie had nothing to do with meeting people on vacation. It was about the two friends on vacation.


There was a little more people-meeting in the book, but still, really, it was more like "people we become on vacation," or "parts of us that emerge on vacation," which is not the best title.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:This was not my favorite of her books, I don't know why this was the first one they chose to make into a movie!!


Same!

I also only got through the first 10 minutes of the movie and found the main actress to be so annoying I gave up.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This was not my favorite of her books, I don't know why this was the first one they chose to make into a movie!!


Same!

I also only got through the first 10 minutes of the movie and found the main actress to be so annoying I gave up.


Aww, that's too bad. That's kind of the point, she's supposed to be annoying.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I just saw the trailer and Poppy looks so different from how I pictured her, it threw me off. I'll probably get to it as a treadmill or laundry folding movie eventually.



I like this comment. Makes we want to buy a treadmill.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I thought the movie was pretty bad. It left out a lot of the context from the book about why the characters were the way they were. Without it, I would imagine it is hard to understand why they don't just get together. I would be very curious to see what someone who did not read the book thought.


I haven’t read the book. I don’t really get the Alex character’s lack of initiative but I thought Poppy’s character kind of gave a good explanation (feeling like she is “too much.”) I also have been in relationships sort of similar so I didn’t have a hard time filling in gaps.
Anonymous
I don't think the movie made much sense in terms of why they didn't express feelings earlier. I also did not get where her parents were and why she never visited them in the hometown. Was that explained in the book? Did not care for Poppy's character at all, she was immature with zero growth.
Anonymous
It was ok. I'm not sorry I watched it. I had read the book.
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