People We Meet on Vacation
What’s it rated? PG-13
When? 2026
Where’s it showing? Netflix
Quite literally pulled from the storyline of one of the greatest rom coms ever made, this very When Harry Met Sally flick presents us with two opposites who end up being magnets. Both Boston College students, both from Nowheresville, Ohio—that seems to be about where their similarities end.
Poppy is messy and addicted to travel, and practically allergic to their small hometown. Alex still has his high school girlfriend and wants nothing more than to head back to home after college. In a very whimsical happenstance, the two end up spending more time than either would like together on that long road home, but soon they’re best friends who vow to take a trip together each summer.
Cue the flashbacks to prior trips, then to present day where they’re awkwardly reunited in Barcelona for Alex’s brother’s wedding. Poppy just wants things to go back to the way they were, Alex knows it can never be. These two leads did a great job of making these characters adorable. Will it ever take the place of When Harry Met Sally? No way, but it can sit right alongside it on my list of go-to rom coms. I’ll take a vacation with these two lovebirds any time. (117 min.)
—Anna Starkey
This article appears in January 22 – January 29, 2026.