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What Time Is 'People We Meet On Vacation' Coming Out On Netflix?

The film adapts Emily Henry’s bestselling 2021 novel, following Poppy and Alex’s evolving friendship and romance through annual trips and a wedding reunion.

  • On January 9, Netflix premiered People We Meet on Vacation, starring Emily Bader as Poppy Wright and Tom Blyth as Alex Nilsen, now streaming.
  • Adapting Emily Henry's 2021 novel, the filmmakers made her first book-to-film adaptation while preserving key rom-com moments like the car meeting and rain climax, per Emily Bader and Brett Haley.
  • Following a years-long estrangement, the plot reunites Poppy Wright and Alex Nilsen at David's wedding in Spain, featuring a full-speed chase in Ohio, a rain-soaked kiss, and ends with them living together in New York City.
  • As the first adaptation, the film launches Emily Henry’s novels on screen, with Funny Story, Book Lovers, Beach Read and Happy Place also slated, and press suggests it may boost Emily Bader’s profile.
  • After an early Zoom chemistry read, the pair impressed Brett Haley, director, and Emily Henry, author, who joined Emily Bader, actor, and Tom Blyth, actor, at the L.A. premiere Tuesday.
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