Why Emily Henry's Netflix movie is the new 'When Harry Met Sally'
Cincinnati Enquirer••entertainment
Key Points:
- Cincinnati native and best-selling author Emily Henry's 2021 novel "People We Meet on Vacation" is being adapted into a movie set to debut on Netflix on January 9, marking her first book-to-film adaptation.
- The romantic comedy follows best friends Poppy, a New York travel writer, and Alex, a small-town Ohio teacher, who have vacationed together for a decade but stopped speaking after a trip to Croatia, until Poppy suggests one last trip to save their friendship.
- Henry describes the novel as a millennial gender-swapped take on the 1989 film "When Harry Met Sally...," aiming to create characters who are opposites yet share a fun connection, with Poppy being more flighty and less serious about
