It Ends with Us (film): Difference between revisions

During her promotional tour for the film, Lively received criticism from social media users who accused her of being "tone-deaf" for displaying a "light-hearted humorous" attitude and not explicitly addressing her character's experience of [[domestic violence]] and abuse. Users were also critical of Lively for promoting her new haircare line, as well as her drinks brand, during the press tour and for encouraging moviegoers to wear floral clothes, which some deemed insensitive to the film's messaging surrounding domestic violence. Following the criticism, Lively posted to her [[Instagram]] stories in support of victims of intimate partner violence and shared a link to the [[National Domestic Violence Hotline]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Butt |first=Maira |date=August 14, 2024 |title=Blake Lively reacts to backlash to 'tone deaf' publicity for new film It Ends With Us |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/blake-lively-it-ends-with-us-justin-baldoni-b2596165.html |access-date=August 14, 2024 |website=[[The Independent]] |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814170215/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/blake-lively-it-ends-with-us-justin-baldoni-b2596165.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Erbland |first=Kate |date=August 16, 2024 |title='It Ends with Us' Is a Movie About Domestic Violence, So Why Are Blake Lively and Colleen Hoover Acting Like It Isn't? |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/it-ends-with-us-movie-marketed-blake-lively-colleen-hoover-1235036893/ |access-date=August 17, 2024 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Jones |first=CT |date=August 8, 2024 |title=How Do You Market a Domestic Violence Movie? Not Like 'It Ends With Us' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/it-ends-with-us-drama-domestic-romance-film-blake-lively-1235076583/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240808223031/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/it-ends-with-us-drama-domestic-romance-film-blake-lively-1235076583/ |archive-date=August 8, 2024 |access-date=August 17, 2024 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> Bridgette Stumpf of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' wrote on the issue, "By glossing over its domestic violence content in the film's marketing, and by not providing any [[content warning]]s prior to the start of the film, ''It Ends With Us'' ultimately fails the survivors it is supposed to advocate for."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/it-ends-with-us-warned-audiences-1235979133/|title=''It Ends With Us'' Should Have Warned Audiences Ahead of Time|date=August 20, 2024|first=Bridgette|last=Stumpf|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=August 20, 2024}}</ref>