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She's a free spirit, he's a planner. They become best friends, take a bunch of trips together, and find there might be something more between them.

Those are the simple outlines of the very beloved Emily Henry romance novel, People We Meet on Vacation.

And now the book is a movie on Netflix.

It's got travel, it's got banter, it's even got kissing in the rain.

But does the movie capture the charm of the book?

I'm Linda Holmes, and today we're talking about people we meet on vacation on pop culture happy hour from NPR.

Joining me today is Waylon Wong.

She's the co-host of NPR's Daily Economics Podcast, The Indicator from Planet Money.

Hello, Waylon.

Hi, Linda.

Also with us is the former host of Slate's Internet Culture Podcasts. I see Y. Am I and former Pop Culture Happy Hour producer Candice Lim. Hello, Candice. Hello. It's so good to see you both. People we meet on vacation tells the story of Poppy, played by Emily Bader and Alex, played by Tom Blyde.

They were once best friends, but they had a falling out, and now they're about to see each other again at his brother's wedding.

As she looks ahead to seeing him, Poppy looks back on some of the annual trips they've been going on together since they met and became friends in college.

We see them go hiking. We see them go to New Orleans,

to Tuscany, and to Barcelona for their big reunion. While they've always been just friends,

and while they've both had other partners along the way, there's always been something between them

that's not quite platonic, and reconnecting at a wedding just might bring it to the surface. People we

meet on vacation is on Netflix now.

Waylon, I'm going to start with you. What did you think about this adaptation?

Okay. Well, I will start with what I liked, which is I liked the ending. And I really liked the two actors. They were really doing it for me. But overall, I was disappointed.

And I've read the novel. It's not my favorite Emily Henry, but I do really enjoy all of

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