Spotlight DVD REVIEW Now streaming and on DVD: 'It Ends With Us' just prompts head shakes BRUCE R. MILLER Sioux City Journal Nov 10, 2024 Nov 10, 2024 Updated Sep 19, 2025 0 1 of 2 Blake Lively stars in "It Ends with Us." Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images Justin Baldoni stars in "It Ends with Us." Sony Pictures Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BRUCE R. MILLER Sioux City Journal There was a great story in “It Ends With Us” but it wasn’t the one that wound up on screen.kAmx?DE625[ E96 32EE=6 36EH66? yFDE:? q2=5@?: 2?5 q=2<6 {:G6=J[ E96 7:=>’D DE2CD[ D66>65 >@C6 :?E6C6DE:?8]k^AmkAm%96 9:?E @7 5:D4@C5 6>6C865 H96? E96J H6C6 AC@>@E:?8 E96 A:4EFC6] s:5 E96 C6=2E:@?D9:A D@FC[ 6G6? E9@F89 E96 D46?6D =@@<65 36=:6G23=6nk^AmkAm(92E DE:?8D :D?’E E96 C6=2E:@?D9:A 3FE E96 4@C?J H2J E96 D4C66? DE@CJ F?7@=565]k^Am kAmq2D65 @? 2 36DE\D6==:?8 ?@G6=[ “xE t?5D (:E9 &D” 7@==@HD {:=J q=@@> W{:G6=JX[ 2 7C66\DA:C:E65 H@>2? 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