Lauren Bales

This movie should come with a trigger warning for emotional/psychological abuse victims. “ A movie that could have carried so much weight ended up promoting a toxic relationship centered on gaslighting, manipulation, and normalizing abuse. We (multiple people watching) thought the turnaround at the end was sickening, and difficult to watch--and as one member of our party said "did we miss the scene where Abby hit her head and got amnesia?" The parents were too self-absorbed, delusional, and callous to be able to open their hearts at the VERY end of the movie (not a year, that very night). This isn't a happy movie, this is a depressing story of how someone can be roped back into a controlling relationship. The credits should have rolled when Abby said Harper's coming out was too late (and to be honest, maybe a bit before)? The movie missed an opportunity to show personal growth from multiple tragic decisions that Harper made, which never had repercussions. No one would be able to stick around after 5 days of internal torture, that as viewers made our stomachs churn. Perhaps we didn't come away happier after this movie, but with realization that there is still so much the movie industry needs to improve on when it comes to LGBTQ representation, and understanding those nuances that maybe 1. The couple shouldn't stay together and 2. Aubrey Plaza should have dated her (WHERE DID HER STORYLINE GO???) If you want to be yelling "NOOO" at 3AM in the morning after having a lovely night, this is the movie for you. Just follow it up with "a real drink" to numb your disappointed soul. This isn't an LGBTQ movie, this is a repurposed, toxic, hetero-normative movie” - Gabriel Gutierrez I couldn’t have said it better Gabby. Moral of this movie: normalize psychological abuse and set the expectation for immediate and unconditional forgiveness of said abuse.