Let's Watch The Idea of You Together
A possibly too-comprehensive chat about the book-to-screen adaptation
Hey Moonheads,
I hope you read that in Gossip Girl voice, as intended.
You probably know by now that The Idea of You movie starring Anne Hathaway is my personal movie event of the year. The book it’s based on is in my top three all-time faves (along with The Royal We and A Little Life… I know, eclectic, right?). I already shared my top-line thoughts on the movie (and some interesting goss from the author) back when I saw a pre-release screening, but I’ve been thinking about how to share even more.
So, I invited fellow super fan Erica Cerulo (co-host of the A Thing or Two Podcast and co-writer of the very excellent companion newsletter) to gChat with me as we watched the movie. We laughed, we swooned, we snarked. Think of it like a BYOC (bring your own couch) virtual movie experience.
We had a lot to say, so let’s get into it:
Becca Freeman: Hi Erica! I'm so excited we're doing this. Honestly, I think it's a good sign that this is my third time watching the movie this month and I'm still excited. Before we get into it, can you set the scene for me? Where are you, what's your excitement level, do you have any movie accouterment (i.e. snacks/bevs)?
Erica Cerulo: Third time!! Ok, I need more. I'm on my couch, feet on the coffee table. My accouterment is my husband, who just listened to the audiobook with me (?!?!) and has not yet seen the movie. I'm excited to see it a second time! I've been fielding a lot of texts from friends sharing their takes over the last couple of days, and I'm curious what I see the second time around? What is YOUR scene?
BF: Oh wow, we've got a husband in on this?! This just got even more exciting. Feel free to throw us his thoughts, too. I, too, am on my couch. It's 5p on a Monday and it's still light out so it feels kind of deliciously scandalous to be watching a movie. I've got a 1L of my fave Polar orange vanilla seltzer that I'm drinking straight from the bottle (Solène would never).
EC: I think movie Solène would, book Solène would never. Ok, ready to hit play....
BF: OK... Starting NOW! Ugh I have an ad. What a buzzkill. It’s for laundry detergent. What does that say about the movie demo? OK, now it's playing.
EC: Honestly, the music is all very catchy.
BF: I was shocked the first time I saw this and "Light On" by Maggie Rogers was the intro track. It's a movie about music. I thought it would be... hipper than this 6(?) year old song. But when you listen to the lyrics they really fit the movie!
EC: Agree.
EC: This "Books, ok" opening line becoming a meme of this movie, I have been loving.
BF: First impressions of Anne as Solène?
EC: This look feels...not wrong. The house doesn't feel Solène to me (so much going on!!!). How are you feeling?
BF: The hair feels both French and mermaid at the same time. And the French girl no makeup-makeup feels right on. It's working for me. Her look feels aspirational here, but like I could achieve it with enough effort (and like 3 bundles of extensions).
EC: That's right. Within reach with the right amount of hair budget.
EC: When they pull up to Daniel's house...this is the house I want for her.
BF: Yes, I def pictured more glass/midcentury modern in the Hills vibe.
BF: I'm not sure how I feel about them aging up the daughter, though. It feels like there's so much less tension since she thinks August Moon is "so seventh grade". Such a big part of the book was she was a tween and LOVED Hayes.
EC: Becca, I agree. That tension...poof, vanished.
EC: Ok, I LOVE the casting of Reid Scott as Daniel. "Are these guys so stoked for this trip or what?"
BF: I hear he's from Veep which I haven't seen. Is he always this much of an a-hole? Because he's so good at it? Or does he have softer roles too?
EC: I only really know him from Veep, and he's a Grade A prick there too.
BF: THE PICKLEBALL INVITE!!!
BF: Also why is THIS woman camping? Nothing about her says camping.
EC: Something I heard about from various friends: How upset they are about the Subaru. (Including from a Subaru driver.)
BF: IDK, get that Subaru product placement money to help cover Anne's $7M fee (then apparently Nick only got $400K)
EC: AGE GAP, WAGE GAP!
BF: I've never been to Coachella, but this does not make me want to go.
EC: I don't think anything could make me want to go, but Coachella bothers me less as a setting than I thought it would.
BF: Same, actually. I was outraged about it when I heard... and it works. A non-issue for me.
EC: This is us being very open-minded. Let the record reflect!
BF: This woman saying "Once a Moonhead, always a Moonhead" slays me. Also, I now identify as a Moonhead. I should have worn my August Moon sweatshirt for this
EC: 4th time's a charm?
EC: This is a really good meet-cute.
BF: OK, I HATED the way the meet-cute was cut in a trailer. It seemed so cheesy, but honestly, in scene, it's very funny. And first shot of him: WOW. He's a cutie! And that accent!
EC: AGREE!!!!! 100 exclamation points!
BF: Also, he's just the right amout of full of himself yet still vulnerable in this scene. Kudos to everything here!
EC: The kombucha salad dressing line. (Also, her lipstick?)
BF: LOVE! Also, I feel like these bad tattoos feel so right. Is that a ladder on his arm?
EC: I am sorry to say I can't forgive the bad tattoos. His embarrassment at all the babying he gets in front of her, however.
BF: I'm not saying I love them, but it just feels right for this guy. He got drunk on the road, got a ladder on his arm. I can see it!
EC: FAIR
BF: What I can't with is the mullet guy in the band. What stylist let him do that?!
EC: Yes! Izzy's makeup, however. The MUA showed up.
BF: FULLY. I think the biggest critique I've heard from my friends is that they're bugged that Izzy looks 25.
EC: She does!!
EC: Izzy's friends—their evolution from the book I'm very happy with.
BF: Yes, I adore Zeke. Would watch his spinoff CW series.
EC: Wow, yes, Zeke goes to college, mischief ensues. Sex Lives of College Boys.
BF: I am so impressed with the boyband and crowd scenes. They REALLY pulled it off. And it could have been so bad/cheesy. We are in an era of leading men fully committing to musical scenes (see also: Ryan Gosling in Barbie). Like, the choreo feels exactly right for "we're just some lads horsing around." I've never seen One Direction in concert, but this is how I'd imagine it
EC: And I really like Izzy not being an a-hole when in the actual presence of these guys—leaning into the fun of it. Helps make the age-up of her character less painful.
BF: Yeah, she secretly loves it!
BF: Do you think their fake "album" they released with the movie will do as well as the Daisy Jones and the Six album?
EC: Have you been listening to the August Moon songs outside of this?
EC: Ha, same Q. I mean, I think these songs are catchy. What can I say, I like manufactured pop music!!!
BF: LOL jinx. I haven't. But like... I might. If I weren't so deep in TTPD, I think this would be in rotation.
EC: They all feel like driving songs to me.
BF: Windows down. For sure!
EC: I cannot with the LORDY LORDY LOOK WHO'S 40 cake.
EC: It reminds me of my parents buying "Over the Hill" cards in 1990!!!
BF: Yeah, it reminds me of those Over The Hill birthday cards from my teen years with the old lady cartoons.
BF: No, stop. Are we mind melding?
EC: 2 become 1, to reference to pop culture canon.
EC: I can't believe what a strong case this scene makes for dipshit twentysomething men.
BF: This montage of setups feels so real. The pool gets scary. I mean, Anne is gorgeous, but the commentary on the dating scene is well-taken.
EC: And, the bigger question: Why is she meeting people at HER bday party? IN HER HOME?
BF: THE GUY WITH HIS PETS!!! HIS TURTLE RUPERT
BF: That is a very fair question. Plus one's? Her friends trying to get her “get back out there”?
EC: "Back out there"...shudder.
BF: This gallery is NOTHING like I pictured in the book. It's so rinkydink and... cutesy.
EC: I was honestly worried it was going to be worse, based on the trailer. But you're very right: It's not, like, a THING.
BF: Also why are there so many people working at this one room gallery?
EC: The outfits in this scene are in my nightmares. This mohair cardigan.
BF: This cardigan IS a nightmare. But I think it is something I've seen Harry Styles wear (without the tank underneath, mind you).
EC: Perhaps the issue is that cardigans should never have pockets, but his hands should definitely not be in them.
BF: But he's *sHy*
EC: I'm so OFFENDED by him buying all the art.
BF: SO OFFENDED. Art that he doesn't care about. I would be irate.
EC: It's rubbing in that she's small potatoes. Her work is something he can feel nothing for and buy off in 5 min. "And the spaghetti tiles." F*$K YOU, BRO.
BF: "Whatever this is... I want it in my home" Rage. Seeing red.
BF: I love that she gives it back to him
EC: The "I genuinely connect with it" with a smirk on his face
BF: Why do I forgive him for this?? Because I do. The flirty banter has blinded me!
EC: MIDDLE OF NOWHERE GLENDALE is good banter.
BF: Did Book of The Month get some product placement dollars in there, too?? I spotted 2 so far (one without a jacket in the car; and a Normal People with the jacket somewhere else. Both BOTM editions).
EC: GREAT BOTM eye. I love the Ninth Street Women inclusion, too—knowing.
EC: The putting down the seat scene to avoid fan eyeballs—it's so real. A real taste of how he moves through the world.
BF: Yes! Good celeb color!
BF: OK, who did Nick hookup with and leave on bad terms in the props department that the art he points out liking is... archival wedding dresses?
EC: Becca, if I could cut out this entire art hangar scene, I would.
BF: I wouldn't! When she says "EVERYTHING" I get literal chills. I think it's a big character moment for her. And he's taking an interest in her world, to juxtapose so much emphasis on his world later in the movie.
EC: Ok, if I could bring in new art and strip a little of the Anne Hathaway from the art history 101...I'd accept.
BF: Sold on this compromise. This is so tiny, but why did they change his moniker? In the book he's the "swagger" one.
EC: This is a good call-out. Is the Nick G. casting?
BF: IDK. Seems unnecessary.
BF: THERE IS SO MUCH SEXUAL TENSION IN THIS CAR
EC: Yes. And All Time on Hillhurst is a correct reference. And the Fiona.
BF: The Fiona makes it.
EC: How do you feel about fridge scene?
BF: I think I like it? It's kind of funny. A real comedown from the art/celeb glamour. Shows he can hang. When he drinks the milk, I gagged, but it's so funny. He WANTS her. He's working for it. What about you?
EC: I kind of like it too. He's a Real Person for the first time, to me.
BF: His imitation of his stepdad!!! The movie is so much funnier than I expected.
EC: I agree! The book wasn't very funny. The movie has it's LOL moments.
EC: HER FAVORITE COLOR IS PURPLE. SHE WEARS SO MUCH OF IT.
EC: Another thing I heard from friends: How DISAPPOINTED they were that Solène got cheated on. Vs., in the book, when the love just...faded.
BF: IDK, it didn't bother me. Maybe because the ex-husband actor just feels like he could. That's so unfair. But he has a-hole face.
EC: I'm telling you—Reid Scott, best casting! The face of a man you could fall in love with and out of love with. Also, I think it's important that Nick's (excuse: Hayes's) earring has gotten some screentime in this scene.
BF: OK this monologue about her marriage. I fully forgot these are actors. Anne SOLD ME. Hook, line, and sinker. This felt real. I know the Vogue review hated that she was hung up on the divorce, but IDK... it feels truthful.
BF: But I’m not sure he's fully reading 24 to me. The wardrobe is. But he's not.
EC: No, more like pushing 30.
BF: I'm sorry, someone takes a private phone call and you start playing a musical instrument? Feels rude.
BF: THE HAND ACTION. I think Claire was saying this... it is really hot.
EC: I think this handhold to butt-grab scene is the best in the movie. It's so powerful that there isn't any music (which we typically get to tell us how to FEEL in these moments).
BF: OMG you're so right.
EC: It really captures the sexual tension of the relationship in the book. At the screening I went to, someone audibly GASPED when the camera panned to their hands touching.
EC: Introducing the watch as a third in their relationship!
EC: Izzy—much too perceptive and mature. For her own good, our own good.
BF: Yeah, let your mom have a fling with a hot international rockstar. Don't ruin this for us, Izzy. TBH I felt the same way in the book.
EC: Don't spoil our fun, Izzy.
BF: This mother/daughter car scene is fun. Although what a nightmare it would be to be this smokeshow woman's insecure teen daughter.
BF: The music director really did the thing
EC: And the lipstick director.
BF: Yes, them too. Raises for them!
EC: The gag of never reading Ninth Street Women—it's good.
BF: I'm very curious to see if this movie sparks any trends with the long hair/bangs (vs I feel like societally we've been in a short hair mood). And the lipstick. Or some of the clothes? Although they’re a little all over the place to spark any cohesive trend.
BF: OMG, ERICA, the music video.
EC: How is it for you???
BF: I get it. He's so cute. He looks so young here. It's fun and cheesy. I would be rethinking everything, but somehow also in deeper.
EC: I agree!!!! It's the best August Moon execution of boy band, I think.
EC: WAIT, WORST SCENE IN THE FILM HAS ARRIVED.
BF: On the flip side. The middle seat.
EC: SOLÈNE IN A MIDDLE SEAT.
BF: She's a grown woman. She's too good for a middle seat booty call!
EC: I HATE THIS FOR ALL OF US. WE ALL DESERVE BETTER.
BF: OK this elevator scene outfit. THIS is book Solène.
EC: The trench. The dress. The strappy sandal heels straight out of a MIDDLE SEAT to his hotel pisses me off. But we are getting movie Solène look at last.
BF: I'm giddy, he just put his hands down her skirt! This is so much steamier than I thought we'd ever get from Annie. This is hot!
EC: I think Annie has been WAITING for this. The ergonomics/physics of hand down the dress is confusing. But: I won't kill our buzz.
BF: Side note: Is she wearing Valentino Rock Studs? What year is this?
EC: I think you're right.
EC: BLT is a really strong room-service order. I respect that. Chicken fingers dance..........not so much.
BF: Same. I would have gone for chicken fingers, personally. But respectable.
EC: Chicken fingers for eating, not dancing.
BF: (The food, not the dance. Agree. I'm not a monster.) There is something so uncomfortable about his dance montage. I'm second-hand embarrassed. Like I'm glad they can have fun together... but...
EC: Have we determined, as a culture, that the black boxer brief is the hottest men's underwear?
BF: Undoubtedly. There's not even a close second.
EC: I'm thrilled this is something we can all agree on. Black boxer briefs for pres.
BF: How does his emotionally vulnerable confession here work for you? (his biggest fear is being a joke)
EC: I like it. I think his openness is something that feels VERY HAYES to me. Gives a sense that he's wise beyond his years and not scared to emote.
BF: This man really loves to play music at inappropriate times. First her phone call. Now she's sleeping.
BF: These light wash jeans are VERY Christian Grey in the red room to me.
EC: wow.. WOW.
EC: Would he know what Target is?????
BF: Yeah, I think life on the road, you would be exposed. If not firsthand, road crew grabbing various things. Didn't bug me.
EC: I will give them both that "art consultant" does feel like a job that a celeb girlfriend would have. As a cover.
BF: She just agrees to abscond with him, though? I do agree with the critique that she has a lot less of a career in the movie.
EC: From that middle seat for QUITE A WHILE, she's full-on groupie! I will say that in relistening to the audiobook, I was surprised by how much book Solène was on tour w/ him. But she also had her own work in adjacent locations.
BF: Yes, she had reasons to be there! Her own stuff. Like in Paris where HE’S visiting HER art show!
BF: Oh god, I would have melted into the floor of that plane getting on with all those TikTok teens.
EC: Right???
BF: This movie makes great use of montages, IMO. Really helps to establish things and move us forward.
EC: Yes, it does.
BF: They're just pulling racks of clothes for her? His stylist must be PISSED.
EC: Absolutely enraged.
BF: They're going to have to handle returns for the GIRLFRIEND?
EC: And do the 20 y.o. girlfriends get this treatment too?????
EC: I really hate her being at all the concerts. Imagine spending your summer like this.
BF: You say that. But if I could travel with Harry or Taylor and watch from the wings for a summer. I think I would...
EC: How many shows could you, would you stomach? I think I have 3 in me.
BF: If Harry Styles and I have hot street make outs in the rain after. I think I could do at least a dozen.
EC: Respect.
BF: OH NO, the photo effect foreshadowing (very Scandal, also)
EC: Soooo Scandal! Where is our red wine and popcorn?
BF: THIS HOUSE in the south of France is so aspirational. How do I Airbnb this?
EC: Suddenly self-conscious!
BF: You hate it?
EC: It's more just the timing.
BF: Oh I thought you meant you hated the house
EC: OH! No. Pool look.
BF: This scene really made me realize how differently time is moving in the movie than the book. In the book, the south of France is where they first have sex. It's the beginning!
EC: Like: She's been on jets w/ these TikTokers for how long now?
EC: Ollie is right: This place is incredible.
EC: The south of France is the beginning! I also forgot what a B plot the Oliver relationship was in the book.
BF: I think in the book Oliver maybe had a secret crush on Hayes? And hit on Solène?
EC: The crush is insinuated for sure, and he also knew that Hayes F-ed his (Oliver's) sister.
BF: Oh god, every late 30's early 40's woman is cringing at this scene with the friends and the girls. It's so well portrayed.
EC: Imagine anything making you feel older!
BF: OH MY HEART. The special song is a bit. Solène is the butt of the joke. I really feel for her. Insult to injury here.
EC: It's like: This is why 40 yo's dating pop stars probably need TikTok accounts. To know that Closer is a bit.
EC: The full-circle of the cheating/secrecy here really lands. Gut punch.
BF: I really feel for both of them here. Him confessing that he usually feels numb. And that she hasn't told anyone about him.
EC: It's a genuine third-act break-up.
BF: AHHHHHHH. When she agrees with him that she's ashamed. Is that too far?!
EC: I hate that she leans into his fear that he's a joke. I think in a book, you can get her inner monologue—that she's actively pushing him away. Even if it's mean.
BF: Yeah, I think that's what is so hard about adapting books into movies, everything has to be on the surface, so you inevitably lose so much.
EC: Nodding
BF: Oh god... she's home and he bought her the painting that makes her feel *everything*.
EC: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
BF: Oh CarMax product placement dollars! Also what is this white shirt and jeans outfit. This isn't any of the Solène's we've met so far. She is an ECLECTIC dresser.
EC: This woman needs Allison Bornstein. What are her 3 words.
BF: OK if I could cut anything it would be this scene where the new wife tells Solène she's leaving Daniel. Why?
EC: Ok, fascinating! I like it??? I think some of Solène's most human scenes are with Eva? Just because we get some sharp corners.
BF: It makes me happy that it's doing something for someone, even if not for me. It just feels so unhinged. Although I guess we don't need to understand this tertiary character's motivations.
EC: It's definitely unhinged. I would give Eva a spin-off.
BF: Oh no!!! The scandal pics leaked!
BF: The scream reaction feels like a cut/paste from Princess Diaries from a scene that I can't quite put my finger on.
EC: YES!!!! Vintage Anne.
EC: Izzy—so well-adjusted, so world-wise.
BF: But I think the part where she asks if he's a feminist is just SO teen girl. Like she doesn't totally get it, but her head and heart are in the right place. But you're right, so much of the tension is zapped here that Hayes isn't her crush.
EC: Izzy is Solène's biggest cheerleader. What a nice sentiment. But not what we signed up for??? I want Izzy who just got her braces off and has no idea what sex really IS.
BF: YES! And has so many big feelings.
EC: The true coming-of-age complexity was REAL.
BF: Wow, this is quick. They're already making up. Such a big difference from book to movie. Everything is quick, quick, quick.
EC: Quick, quick, quick!
EC: Everything, like the painting!
BF: What a call back. Don't think her delivery quite landed it, though.
EC: I agree.
BF: Also, another silent scene.
EC: "We'll just delete all our social media!!" Who are these teens?
BF: Oh god the stock hand montage
EC: Awful
BF: It works, but the art. Who approved this?
EC: Exactly
BF: Demoted. Give their money to the music director and lipstick supervisor.
BF: Also what is the BBQ she brings him to in this montage?
EC: Incredible question
BF: THE RUN IN BETWEEN DANIEL AND HAYES. This is so satisfying. SO satisfying.
EC: Wow, what a drag for Hayes to bring up Eva,
BF: "I didn't realize we were on bro terms" I died, dead.
EC: Her eyes when he almost says "wife.” Nails it.
EC: IT WAS ALWAYS RORY.
BF: "NO IT WASN'T" yell all the book stans at their TV.
EC: The "always" feels directed at us. Rude.
EC: Another complaint from friends: Her makeup looking weirdly yellow here. There is a bit of a jaundiced hue.
BF: That's how 40 year old women look without their spackle. (I'm JK in case that's not clear)
EC: Lololololol
BF: What trouble is Ollie in? Why do we never get an explanation? What is Hayes going to do about it? Play his guitar at an inopportune time?
EC: Cackling
EC: This car scene is verbatim from the book. Which is interesting given that Izzy's aged-up so much.
BF: POOR IZZY. It hurts more now that she's a full teen IMO.
BF: And she wants to go to dad's. GUT PUNCH!
EC: Imagine wanting Daniel! That's how rough things have gotten.
BF: Seeking comfort in his smug weasel face (I'm sure he's actually a nice guy IRL. Or at least I hope)
EC: Why DID you give him the watch? What a weird way to initiate a breakup.
EC: How are you feeling about their chemistry?
BF: I think it's working overall? In this scene less, but they've set it up enough that I'm here. There's a weirdness in this breakup scene for sure, though.
EC: I go back and forth. In this scene, I'm like...who are you two?
BF: Like, he doesn't reach over to comfort her at all? That's weird.
EC: Ok, I've left my husband's commentary out of this, but I need you to know: He just said, "What about Japan?"
BF: HAHAHAHAHA
EC: Like a true stan!!!!!
BF: Give the man a mob scene in McQueen!
BF: Oh god, it always gets me in a book/movie where the first "i love you" is in a breakup. It hurts so much.
BF: What is the rainbow lighting in this scene? Did they borrow the Euphoria lighting team for an hour?
EC: They just had budget for one hr. Are they trying to tell us it's a call-back to the Everything painting? The club lighting?
BF: IDK? But I like the visual symbolism in the pan of the painting and piano ending up together.
EC: It's effective.
BF: He leaves the watch!!!! I'm such a sap.
EC: This shot of the house with SO MUCH GOING ON. The Kelly Wearstler elements all of a sudden
BF: How do you feel about this parting shot before the fast forward???
EC: I don't like the pact energy. It's too...tied up with a bow. Simple.
BF: I think her laughing to herself is... weird
EC: Yes.
BF: Like I get it. But she needs a few weeks to get there.
EC: Not before he's pulled onto the freeway.
BF: This Zoom mom/daughter chat is so awkward. I wonder if they shot this first?
EC: Mmmmmmm
BF: The injustice of his fast-forward facial hair. After the girl in the prop department, he did someone in the HMU department dirty. This pube-y beard!!!
EC: The man has light hair. You dyed his hair dark for the role. You have to dye his facial hair too.
BF: But joking aside, I'm so glad they gave us a whiff of a happy ending. Or at least open-ended.
EC: Wait, I feel like it's more than open-ended?
BF: I mean it's not a wedding/babies book epilogue. But yes, I guess more than open-ended.
EC: Ok, right. Not 100% HEA but definitely HFN?
BF: Yes for sure. What good romance lingo!
EC: TYSM
EC: She looks really pretty in that closing shot.
BF: She does! What is the symbolism of her wearing red now for the first time all movie? I'd love to know.
EC: She's 5 years older. I guess that means purple to red.
BF: She bled out all the blue.
EC: You get it.
BF: I'm not sure that I do. But I love that we're ending this in such a weird place. Erica, this was SO MUCH FUN!
EC: IT REALLY WAS!
BF: Any parting thoughts?
EC: I loved watching with you! You know, I had fun.
BF: That's the whole point of a rom-com! So I guess they got us good.
EC: Wholeheartedly agree. This is probably going too far, but with all the talk about fan fiction and this content (SIIIIIIIIIIIIGH), I sort of feel like the movie is fan fic of the book. Not in a bad way. I don't have any of the FEEEEEEEELINGS I had about the book. But I thoroughly enjoyed myself. How was the third time for you?
BF: Honestly, still good. I can see this becoming a comfort movie that I come back to. Yes, it's a dilution of the book. But I think it’s about the best/most we could pack into 2 hours. I laughed out loud, I giggled with glee. That's what I want in a movie! I'm also very curious to see where Nick's career goes from here. I think he really threw his hat in the next gen leading man ring.
EC: Great analysis. I came out a Nick fan as well. The man has range (Bottoms! Etc.).
BF: Well, we'll have to do this again for the next big book to film adaptation! I hope people have as much fun reading it as we had watching and gabbing!
EC: Would love that! Thanks for giving me something downright delightful to do on a Monday at 5p, Becca.
OK, your turn… sound off in the comments! Also let me know what you think of this format. I had a blast, but maybe you had to be there? Should we do this for more book-to-screen adaptations?
Until next time,
Becca
Oh and what absolutely killed me the most was how they styled Hayes (Nick) SO dirty at the end. WHO made that atrocious decision about that scraggly, disgusting facial hair and dye job? Solene would NEVER be into that mess!
I absolutely LOVED this! You both are super entertaining, and I needed a complete debrief after this movie. 🍿