When Love Takes Time: Three Movies Review

I watched another three movies within two days in the past week and I thought to share my thoughts on them too. They were also highly recommended by a stranger on an Instagram reel I watched, I decided to see them because of the hype in the comment section and I haven't heard of any of them before, I just enjoyed the curiosity.

So here are my thoughts on each of the movie, briefly. They are highly recommended if you're one who loves romantic movies, these ones are heavily romantic, setting the bars high lol. They are old movies except the first one. Let me know if you've seen any yet or if you will any of them.

The People We Meet On Vacation (2026)

The story took me back more times than I can count but it's surprising how I started to look forward to each vacation throwback, I can say they did a good job in not confusing viewers starting from like the ending before the beginning of the story, stories like that can be confusing at times. The story is about two opposite strangers who became friends and vacation buddies while they were on a long road trip travelling to college.

How Poppy (the free spirited girl) concluded that Alex (quiet and reserved guy) and her are not meant to be together and they went on to over five vacations before they realized they've been lying to themselves about their true feelings. It took a moment of harsh truth and anger for the two to realize they really do love each other. I love the ending scene, it's opposite of the beginning.

One Day (2011)

The story in this movie reminds me so much of the story in the second movie I reviewed last week. A love story that took more time before it finally happened but this one gave an ending nobody expected but it was quite realistic and made the story even more interesting, reminding viewers that we don't have all the time in the world to take our present moments for granted.

The story is about Emma and Dexter who spent their graduation night together and became friends who meets on July 15th every year, as they go about their lives. Emma tries to make the world a better place from a restaurant she works at, quite unhappily and Dexter has everything easy for him as he's from wealthy home. They soon realized their love for each other and gave it a go but it was cut short, they never imagined it.

The Best Of Me (2014)

This is another story I didn't see the ending coming until it started to play out. It's a story about first love and how hard it can be to forget one's first love. The two got to know themselves while still in college but the guy is poor and the girl is from a rich home, that caused them to go on their separate ways only to come back as the only family of a man they knew 20 years ago. They are reminded of their old times together.

This is the only story with a villain from this list and I can say for sure, nobody will like this villain in anyway. Having a father kill his own son in a story is one I'm not used to but this story reminded me that evil doesn't even think about relations or blood to act. The story ended in tragedy but not without something for viewers to be happy about, it's still quite a realistic story.