Dear Ex

“With love, everything will be fine.” I don’t really know how to explain it without sounding dramatic, but Dear Ex hit me really hard. It’s not one of those movies that just tells a story—it feels more like it throws you straight into the emotional chaos of all the characters. What I liked the most was the style. Everything feels very alive but also uncomfortable, like there’s never a moment where things are truly calm. The story doesn’t try to make anyone look good—everyone is selfish, everyone is kind of broken—but that’s exactly why they feel so real. It’s really easy to understand them, even when they do things that hurt. I really liked the main character because he’s not the typical perfect protagonist. He’s confused, angry, sad—everything at once—and that makes him feel a lot more human. The hug between Jay and his mom at the end of the theater play was too much. Like, it actually made me cry a lot because you can feel everything they never say, everything they’ve been carrying. I also liked how they handled love. They don’t romanticize it in a pretty way—they show it as complicated, uncomfortable, even selfish, but very real. Nothing feels forced. Overall, I feel like it’s one of those movies that stays with you after you watch it—not so much because of what happens, but because of how it makes you feel