‘I Want You Back,’ directed by Jason Orley, is a lighthearted romantic comedy. It centers on Peter and Emma, two thirty-something strangers who meet after being dumped by their spouses, Anne and Noah, respectively. They begin to assist each other through the anguish of grief, but they soon find that they are unable to move on from their ex-partners, who have gone on with other people. In a frantic attempt to reclaim them, they develop a bizarre plot to force their past lovers to break up with their new spouses.

However, along the road, Peter and Emma begin to realize that reuniting with their ex-lovers may not be the best way for them to be happy. They begin to enjoy each other’s company and understand each other in ways that their prior partners did not. Their evident chemistry makes the spectator question if they will stay together. Let’s work together to figure out the solution to that question. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD.

Is Emma and Peter destined to be together?

After Anne and Noah leave them for new people, Peter and Emma become each other’s “sadness sisters,” as she refers to them. They start hanging out with each other to vent and have fun visiting karaoke bars and movie theaters together to cope with their breakups. They are connected by their heartbreaks and incapacity to break out from their boring lifestyles. Peter and Emma decide to help each other win back their ex-lovers through a humorous strategy in which she seduces Anne’s current boyfriend Logan and Peter befriends Noah in order to force him to leave his partner Ginny.

Emma eventually tells Peter about how she dropped out of college after her father died, and how she hasn’t had the time to figure out what she wants to do with her life since. Peter, on the other hand, expresses his desire to open his own old age home for elderly folks and work for their welfare. Despite ridicule and discouragement from others, he finds unusual support from Emma, who praises his objective and convinces him that it is attainable. Emma also informs him that he is the type of man who falls gently and steadily for, and that he should not think of himself as undeserving of love.

Emma’s efforts begin to bear fruit when Logan agrees to a threesome sexual encounter with her and Anne, who initially agrees to it. But when they meet up for the same purpose, she becomes extremely uncomfortable and ends her relationship with Logan. Anne admits that she is not as daring as she imagined and misses the protection Peter provided her, so she decides to return to him. Meanwhile, Peter is successful in befriending Noah, but the latter’s affections for Ginny grow deeper, and he proposes marriage to her.

Emma is disappointed when Peter informs her of Noah’s choice, but she is much more disappointed when he informs her that they will no longer be able to meet because he has returned to Anne. They keep bumping into one other because they work in the same office building, but things become awkward because they no longer speak. Emma begins to feel abandoned by him and decides to focus on her job. In other news, Peter begins to realize that he misses Emma and that, despite being reunited with Anne, he is not as satisfied as he imagined. He also understands that Emma was significantly more supportive of his aspirations than Anne, who believes he shouldn’t pursue them since they are risky.

When Peter and Emma are both invited to Noah and Ginny’s wedding and arrive with Anne and Logan as their respective dates, things turn hot. They had an awkward talk while attempting to keep their friendship hidden from their partners and Noah. Emma notifies Peter that she has moved out of her apartment and has decided to pursue a career as a guidance counselor, as he recommended her to do. He is overjoyed to learn about it and informs her that he is finally working on opening his old age home, as they had previously planned. Emma, on the other hand, is somewhat brusque when she sees him with Anne during Noah’s wedding.

Peter begins to realize his affections for Emma and approaches her, but she confronts him violently for abandoning her and revealing the secret of their plan to everyone. Out of hurt, she goes on to say that she does not feel the same way for him and walks away. Later on, Peter and Anne divorce peacefully after realizing that, while they had fun together, they no longer felt fulfilled with each other. Emma also apologizes to Noah for her conduct and tells him that she sought him only because she was afraid of being alone and not because she loved him.

Peter and Emma are assigned seats next to each other on the journey back home. When there is unexpected turbulence, he instantly assists her in putting on her safety mask before putting on his own. Emma had told Peter that she had always fantasized doing the same for her partner since childhood, therefore this is a highly symbolic gesture of true love for her. Previously, Noah was that person for her, but Emma melts when she sees Peter putting her before himself. As the film concludes, they each give one other a comforting smile, indicating their willingness to give each other a chance.

As a result, we feel that Peter and Emma do end up together because they learn that they thrive in each other’s companionship and support and are imperfectly perfect for each other. While attempting to reclaim Anne and Noah, they continue to mature as individuals and come to match each other’s sensibilities. Their sentiments intensify while they are separated, and Peter feels dissatisfied despite having Anne back. Finally, they discover that through pushing each other towards their ex-lovers, they have actually become closer.