People We Meet on Vacation
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Poppy's a free spirit. Alex loves a plan. After years of summer vacations, these polar-opposite pals wonder if they could be a perfect romantic match.
Poppy's a free spirit. Alex loves a plan. After years of summer vacations, these polar-opposite pals wonder if they could be a perfect romantic match.
January 8, 2026. 5 min read. People We Meet on Vacation Netflix Romance Film Review.Director Brett Haley, who brought both visual panache and emotional depth to the Netflix YA adaptation “All the Bright Places” a few years ago, and crafted strong character-driven indie dramas “I’ll See You in My Dreams,” “The Hero,” and “Hearts Beat Loud” before that, seems to be on autopilot here. There is no verve to the edit as the film weaves in and out of the various timelines.
When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. If you make it to the end of “People We Meet on Vacation” — a movie that once would have slipped unremarked among its rom-com brethren on Lifetime — you will experience exactly the ending you expect. For fans of the movie’s source material (Emily Henry’s 2021 novel of the same name), that’s the good news; the bad news is the mountain of cliché you have to scale to get there.
