Movie Number 41 of 2025
The Movie: Regretting You
The Cinema: Hoyts Victoria Gardens
Runtime: One hour 56 minutes
Stars: 3.5
File this one under 'Wait for Streaming'. It's not a bad film. It's not a great film. It's the thing you see when you're supposed to be cleaning the flat ready for an inspection tomorrow. As I am not a hoarder, not sheltering 13 students in the spare room, nor running a meth lab, and I've got the place pretty clean and tidy, I'm pretty much good to go. Just have to is the hard floors and do the ironing.
Anyway, this was my get out of the house movie. I used Hoyts points to bring down the price.
And yeah, it's an okay film, but you don't need to see it on the big screen. It was, however, a nice diversion.
Based on Colleen Hoover's book of the same name, Regretting You looks at the strained relationship between young mother Morgan Grant (Allison Williams) and her teenage daughter Clara (McKenna Grace), exacerbated by Morgan's husband Chris's (Scott Eastwood) tragic death, that forces them to navigate life's challenges together.
The plot wants to be complicated, but it's as subtle as a sledgehammer. You know what's going to happen. Morgan, who got pregnant in her late teens marries Scott, instead of following her heart with her sister's now-boyfriend Jonah (Dave Franco).
In the meantime, Clara starts a relationship with the alleged bad boy of the town, Miller (Mason Thames). Of course, he's not the bad boy her parents think he is. I found myself wanting to yell at her for not answering her mother's phone calls. Must be my age.
Subtle as a sledgehammer, yet still mildly entertaining and pretty to look at.
As a gap filler when you know you have other things to do, this was fin, especially as I didn't pay full whack for the ticket.
If you're a fan of Colleen Hoover, you'll probably enjoy this. If you're a young person wanting a date film, it might fit the bill.
Otherwise, wait until it hits a streaming service and save your money.
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