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It’s hard to remember now, nearly a year into the legal and reputational slugfest that is Justin Baldoni v Blake Lively, that It Ends With Us, the film at the heart of so much litigious mudslinging – predominantly and relentlessly, it should be noted, by Baldoni’s legal team – was a Hollywood success story. The first big-screen adaptation of bestselling …

Last year, I seriously considered putting Justin Baldoni’s It Ends With Us on my best movies of the year list. The film takes a poorly written novel by mega-author Colleen Hoover and turns it into persuasive, often lovely melodrama. Its world is finely wrought, its lead performance — from producer Blake Lively — is soulful and surprising. It’s a good …