When Bennifer reunited in 2021, a generation who was young, horny, and reckless in the early mid-2000s breathed a profound sigh of relief. More than any of the rom-coms Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez starred in with other people, this was a love story: Young romance. A breakup witnessed by the world. Lives that pulled them in other directions only to find each other again in middle age. Even cynical Gen Xers might swoon.