Surface Level "People We Meet on Vacation" is Still a Fun Time
Unfortunately, People We Meet on Vacation didn’t hold up quite as well as I’d hoped.

Precocious 15-year-old Emerson is woken by her hysterical mother because her best friend Layla is unconscious and there’s an incriminating video found on Emerson’s iPhone from the night before.
Unfortunately, People We Meet on Vacation didn’t hold up quite as well as I’d hoped.
“To be universal, you have to get specific”: while the film does not attempt to provoke discussions about queerness or race, those watching closely may find something resonant in Sorrentino’s love letter to the Naples of his youth.
Coverage from the Austin Film Festival, highlighting some panels and films that emphasized the importance of diverse and inclusive storytelling.
The one-way journey went to the desert that refused to offer an answer or a transcendence.
Emily Henry’s adaptation reaches romance movie standards, but not romance reader standards.
Overall, 18 Presents feels more like a soap opera than a drama, and I feel bad for saying that since the concept is based off a tragic story (even though it’s loosely). I’m sure other people will find this film emotional for them, but as for me, it’s bland and forgettable.