Overview
- The romance is streaming now on Netflix after its January 9 launch at 3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT, with UK availability around 8 a.m. GMT.
- Director Brett Haley’s film stars Emily Bader and Tom Blyth and runs approximately 1 hour 57 minutes with a PG-13 rating.
- The adaptation retains the novel’s friends-to-lovers premise and nonlinear structure while relocating a key trip from Palm Springs to Barcelona for production reasons.
- Early viewer reactions skew positive, while critical reviews range from praise for chemistry and tone to critiques of thin character and world-building.
- The ensemble includes Lucien Laviscount, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jameela Jamil, Lukas Gage, Molly Shannon, Alan Ruck and Miles Heizer, and it leads a pipeline of further Emily Henry adaptations in development.