
Unfortunately, People We Meet on Vacation didn’t hold up quite as well as I’d hoped.
There were too many irrelevant parts that could have been shortened, and too many characters that didn't advance the plot. Either way, some things didn't add up. This was just another played out plot with little, if any, originality in it. By the end of the film, I wasn't happy that she finally got her freedom, I was happy that it was finally over.
We are constantly being pushed to move on from mishaps and negative feelings. What happens if we're not ready to do so?
True crime media is notoriously obsessed with the “missing white woman” trope, and yet the vast majority of American murder victims are male, and well over half are people of color.