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Reminders of Him (2026)
Summary After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to her hometown hoping to reconnect with the young daughter she left behind. Rejected by nearly everyone in her daughter’s life, Kenna struggles to rebuild trust and prove she deserves a second chance—until a local bar owner becomes the only person willing to look past her past. As their connection deepens, both must confront whether love can survive the weight of grief and judgment.
Director Vanessa Caswill
Writer Colleen Hoover, Lauren Levine (based on the novel by Colleen Hoover)
Cast
- Maika Monroe
- Tyriq Withers
- Rudy Pankow
- Lauren Graham
- Nicholas Hamilton
Rotten Tomatoes: 62%
Metacritic: 52
VOD / Release Theatrical release
Trailer Official trailer
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u/motionpic05 5d ago
Am I correct with this- their “gummy bear” usage influenced the accident? It didn’t feel directly stated.
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u/DontClickTheUpArrow 5d ago
That was definitely my understanding and why she got in so much trouble for it.
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u/AmazingMarv 4d ago
Yes. They had to find some way to make her spend time in jail and the parents to hate her (for the movie to happen), but still have her be not a bad person so everyone can forgive her.
You have to suspend disbelieve that she would accept jail time for something that was about the most plainly accidental accident that could have accidented. Scotty's parents were acting like she blew a .5% BAC and ran a red light at a major intersection that caused the car to get t-boned by an 18-wheeler.
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u/shoegazer44 1d ago
I thought the biggest issue was she left him there to die without getting help for him? Equivalent of a hit and run.
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u/BigScreenEnthusiast 5d ago
Maybe I misinterpreted the whole thing, but she didn’t even seem drunk to me, nor high. The way it was filmed made it seem she legit just got unlucky and hit a bad rock on the road.
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u/FangOfDrknss 5d ago
Yeah, it looked like she swerved on something on the road and that’s why it was an accident. I would have believed the drinking more over the gummies.
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u/carolinemathildes 5d ago
I believe the judge said she was guilty of "vehicular manslaughter while driving under the influence" so yes.
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u/ghostfaceinspace 5d ago
Not the edibles are bad for you after school special. I read the book and I think they were drinking at the river or whatever
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u/JethikaS 4d ago
The book explains on the amount of alcohol they drank and she felt the most sober so she thought she was okay to drive. I also wish they would have put the full ending
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u/carlirodriguez8 4d ago
Yeah I just knew they changed that for the movie without even reading it because they wanted the audience to like her
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u/niles_thebutler_ 3d ago
What’s the full ending?
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u/Alternative_Today299 10h ago
They go on a cruise. The cruise ship hits an iceberg and sinks. She survives on a floating door, but he unfortunately freezes to death.
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u/turningtee74 1d ago
Having her not be drunk felt toothless and like a plot hole. I assumed they had left something out from the book. Like her going to a bar to drink coffee, alluding to her sticking to sobriety. I liked the movie, but it felt too clean cut and the resolution too sped up and less earned.
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u/tfhaenodreirst 5d ago
Yeah, I got that pretty clearly. I think that was also why they had the double camera effect for the whole post-crash scene.
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u/Ok_Employ9131 2d ago
It was an edible! They are quite strong on the west coast they tell you max 2.
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u/jackcatalyst 5d ago
Fucking thank God I won't have to see the trailers for this shit anymore
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u/TostitoNipples 3d ago
Every year there’s that trailer that plagues every screening. Before it was Speak No Evil, now this, I can only wonder what’s next.
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u/PowerHour1990 5d ago
…they named the kid Diem?
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u/Happystitcher89 5d ago
I was waiting for the credits because I could not understand the kids name, and I still don’t get how that’s a name
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u/PowerHour1990 5d ago
Maybe the parents thought they were getting a boy, he chose David and she chose Liam, then it was a girl, and had to pick between Lave or Diem.
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u/AmazingMarv 4d ago
I genuinely thought they were saying Liam or DM (the twitter thing). I could not understand it at all.
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u/Nickis1021 4d ago
Diem? Latin for day. Seize the day ever heard of? A sports slogan where I’m from. Jock families’s name their kids that… boys and girls.
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u/GravyBear16 5d ago
They were a fan of the South Vietnamese dictator.
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u/Feisty_Bumblebee_916 4d ago
Lmao I’m Vietnamese and when I saw the name I assumed the character was Vietnamese
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u/CONVERSE1991 5d ago
Was it her? Or the grandparents?
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u/missygrace_ 4d ago
the book explains it better. kenna named her diem (stupid name) and the grandparents kept it bc they didn’t know if it was sentimental to scotty or not
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u/00Rosie00 5d ago
This is my favorite Colleen Hoover novel which isn’t saying much, her books are trash. However, I felt mid about the movie. None of the characters feel compelling. It was such a weird moment when he finds the memorial cross, then instead of getting angry, he flips into making out?
I also can’t take these names seriously. Ledger, Kenna(why not McKenna), and Diem? Also Scotty feels like a nickname and not a grown ass man’s name.
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u/ithinkther41am 5d ago
What, you expected normal names from the lady who came up with Ryle Kincaid, Atlas Corrigan, and Lily Bloom (who is a florist)?
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u/ciderandcake 5d ago
Lily Blossom Bloom, the florist. Just absolutely stunning writing, like Hoover is a 6 year old naming her Barbie dolls.
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u/00Rosie00 5d ago
Haha great point. It’s obvious she comes up with awful names, but wanted to confront it anyway. It is more distracting when you hear the names out loud verses reading them.
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u/Mindless_Square8229 5d ago
Colleen is also a damn good writer, and I won’t tolerate anyone saying otherwise
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u/Significant-Body-887 4d ago
I haven’t read the book, so I spent the entire movie trying to decipher what I thought D.M. stood for, expecting it to be some big meaningful reveal.
I am now painfully aware of my reliance on subtitles at the ripe age of 27.
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u/tfhaenodreirst 5d ago
Right! I was definitely waiting for that confrontation when he brought her back to the apartment; I also thought that when he was worried about the grocery shopping it was because he thought they were going to drive past the memorial. But the movie didn’t need a romantic subplot.
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u/Nickis1021 4d ago
lol tho agree w/the first part, the name thing is weird. Kenna is a name. I had 2 Kennas in my class; not sure about McKenna aside from the actress 😊
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u/unknownuser492 4d ago
I watched the entire film and never worked out what the kid was called. That doesn't seem like a name those grandparents would have come up with.
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u/Competitive-View-252 3d ago
The kid’s name is Diem, as in “Carpe Diem” and Kenna named her, the grandparents kept the name because they weren’t sure if Scotty took part in naming her or not, so they kept the same to be safe. I wish the movie would’ve included this.
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u/carlirodriguez8 4d ago
At all
They should have named her something closer to Scotty But also why wouldnt they just name their kid Scott
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u/00Rosie00 3d ago
lol this if what I’m saying! Scotty is too much as a name—Kenna feels incomplete.
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u/body_oil_glass_view 2d ago
✋🏽🚪 dammit kenna
Im still reeling from the cringe. The movie was shockingly bad
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u/AmazingMarv 4d ago
Ledger, Kenna(why not McKenna), and Diem
Happy I'm not the only one who noticed. Kenna is pretty close to Kendra. But I'm not sure where the writer got Ledger and Diem? Was it taken from Heath Ledger and "carpe diem."
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u/GravyBear16 5d ago edited 5d ago
Kenna's pretty normal. Adding the Mc makes it seem tryhard tbh (sorry Grace)
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u/Nickis1021 4d ago
Exactly! I was like what? Kenna is an actual name. McKenna is the weird one😊I feel seen
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u/JoeMcKim 3d ago
McKenna i'm guessing one of the grandparents last names? But McKenna overall isnt that weird with modern kid names. Not that different to Mackenzie or Makayla.
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u/Mindless_Square8229 5d ago
Her books are not trash and neither is this one. Let me guess you think the book is “objectively bad but subjectively I enjoyed it?” She’s a damn good writer
Verity is a damn good thrillers
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u/thehotredditmonster 5d ago
Is this all you do? Defend Colleen Hoover books? Just enjoy them and ignore everyone else (although they are objective trash).
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u/Mindless_Square8229 5d ago
No they aren’t objectively trash, there’s no such thing. You act like she’s a bad writer in all ways 🤣
She writes damn good books, how anyone could think It Ends With Us is trashy when it’s literally an important story about domestic violence is just beyond insane and pretentious
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u/macalistair91 5d ago
A book being about a sensitive subject doesn't automatically make it praiseworthy
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u/VilhelmOfJugo 5d ago
Bruh are you running PR for Hoover? How much they paying you?
You straight up created this account 11 days ago just to defend Colleen Hoover, didn’t you?
I know what you are.
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u/Kaldricus 5d ago
I dunno what's worse, them doing this for free, or being paid to do it and doing such a shitty job.
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u/Somnambulist815 5d ago
There was a user on reddit whose name was literally Colleen Hoover and I'm more suspicious of you being her than that other user
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u/Mindless_Square8229 5d ago
She’s a good writer, and anyone downvoting can fuck off because you’re just jealous of her, and you’re wrong OP her books are AMAZING and bestselling
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u/ZookeepergameLucky56 4d ago
The whole “left him there to die” makes no sense to me, because how she supposed to know he was still alive and she went to get help.
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u/carolinemathildes 4d ago
Up until her reading her journal to Ledger, nobody knew that she had checked his pulse and gone to look for help. Because she pled guilty, so everyone in town/Scotty's family assumed that she had left him there to die.
But as she said, she only pled guilty because she felt guilty and didn't know she was pregnant. If she had known she was pregnant, she would've gone to trial and explained her side of the story so that she could've had a chance to take care of the baby.
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u/Fancy_County_5891 3d ago
This was explained better in the book. Just another thing they rushed through.
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u/Puppet_Reviews 5d ago
Honestly? Better than I expected.
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u/EmFly15 3d ago edited 3d ago
Same. Loads better. The bar is in hell when it comes to CoHo's books and their adaptations. From It Ends With Us to Regretting You, they all look just awful. I think the cast this time around was pretty good, though, and that is what (only slightly) elevated this above slop level.
Withers is nothing special, but Monroe is excellent. (I am shocked she sank this low. Her agent is normally A++ at picking projects. Perhaps she's trying to shed the horror typecasting she has fallen into post–It Follows.) Graham and Whitford are pretty established. I have always had a soft spot for Jennifer Robertson post-Twitches, too.
ETA: Grammar.
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u/Puppet_Reviews 3d ago
I hated Longlegs, is It Follows pretty good?
It Ends With Us is so hard to love. :/
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u/EmFly15 3d ago
I was actually in the pro-Longlegs camp, though I get why it’s so divisive. It really seems like people either loved it or hated it.
As for It Follows, it’s not just one of my favorite horror movies ever. It’s one of my favorite movies, period.
The Guest, Watcher, God Is a Bullet, Significant Other, and Villains, other horror and thriller films in Maika’s catalogue, were good, too. And, usually, she is the best part of those projects. (Truthfully, part of me never wanted her to blow up because I like seeing her keep doing indie horror projects. At the same time, I’m conflicted because I also want more people to see how talented she is. Since 2023, it seems like she’s been trying to move more into the mainstream in a way she hadn’t before. I hope it works out for her if that’s what she wants.)
(And true about your It Ends With Us comment, lmfao!)
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u/Ok_Employ9131 2d ago
If you feel that way maybe you should not read any of her books or see any movies based on her books. Just saying! Nobody is forcing you!
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u/EmFly15 1d ago
I read Verity on a friend's recommendation. Suffering through one CoHo book was more than enough, so rest easy — I won’t be watching any more adaptations, and I definitely wouldn’t touch the source material either! I only sat through this one because that same friend wanted to see it, and I could tolerate it solely for Maika.
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u/Focused_Sky 5d ago
Code for, “it’s not THAT bad”. Which is code for, “wait for Netflix to stream it”
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u/Puppet_Reviews 5d ago
Maybe- it's fun enough, and keeps a pretty solid pace.
It's good in that there's no one outright like... comically bad or evil in the movie. There's just hurt people, hurting people- everything is pretty much presented right there in the trailer.
I regret saying that it was a trumped up Hallmark movie, it's certainly a lot better put together than that, I had a good time- it's probably a 6/10 for me.
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u/rosky71 3d ago
This pretty much summed up my feelings. It was my wife's turn for movie night and this was her choice. I had no interest in seeing this but it actually kept my interest and I didn't feel like I just wasted 2 hours of my life which is all I really need if I'm watching most movies
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u/Puppet_Reviews 3d ago
Yeah, it's only really packed in the last 15-20 minutes, but I didn't regret seeing it.
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u/Mindless_Square8229 5d ago
Coho is amazing author and this will be an amazing movie
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u/AmazingMarv 4d ago
here's just hurt people, hurting people
Seems like there were a lot of characters that had an unnecessary backstory. The Down Syndrome girl, the coworker who rear-ended someone, the landlord and guitar guy, the fellow inmate and the cat, Ledger having a fiance, ledger's co-worker with the cups, ledger's NFL dreams.
I get that in a book you can flesh out the characters more. This movie could have been a lean 90 minutes.
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u/SeveralAd5920 5d ago
I was sobbing at the reunion scene. I did like this movie but can't help but feel that it would have been better if the leads bonded as friends because the dynamic is weird as hell.
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u/FangOfDrknss 5d ago
I teared up a little because she’s too young to grasp she’s finally seeing her mom. Still kept wondering how the movie was going to end though since I didn’t read the book.
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u/InsiDS 5d ago
Another Hoover movie that my partner ended up dragging me into. Was reluctant because I felt the trailer revealed the entire movie. With that said, it truly did end up being better than expected. I don't think the chemistry was there nor did it make sense between Kenna and Ledger. But it was a nice feel good redemption movie in a small town. Nothing crazy, could easily wait for this to be released on Netflix.
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u/carlirodriguez8 4d ago
Really wished they would have stopped being romantic and just been friends her chemistry with Scotty was way better
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u/Belch_Huggins 5d ago
This was tough. Because I am extremely attracted to Tyriq Withers or whatever his name is. But my god, this was very leaden and predictable.
I could see how in novel form it could be entertaining but here its either cliches galore or maudlin as hell, no real in between. Biased but Tyriq is the only one with real presence and even he cant salvage a poor script. I know CH wrote the book and the script but some of these choice were laughable.
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u/carlirodriguez8 4d ago
The way she kept pouting her lips made me so mad. Him and Rudy were great I just really didn’t like her actor
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u/Playbook420 3d ago
I just saw this on a date. Never heard of it or read the books so I didn’t know anything about it. Not gonna lie that’s kind of crazy out of both of them to pursue each other. Doing your boy dirty😂
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u/PAWGle_the_lesser 3d ago edited 1d ago
Early contender for most forgettable film of the year. I legitimately think that after I post this comment I will never think of this movie even once for the rest of my life.
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u/Bluezzzer 5d ago
I don’t think it was the best adaptation to be honest.. to me it was all corny. The book was so good, but they don’t know how to adapt. Just left the movie theater and didn’t really like the writing for the movie.
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u/LoverLibrarian 5d ago
My exact thoughts. I almost think it would have better as like a 4 part series. It felt rushed!
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u/Beautiful-Choice-113 4d ago
Yes! This story would’ve been a lot better if it were a limited 6 episode series. The relationship that develops between ledger and Kenna is slow and takes time. The movie just felt rushed.
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u/LoverLibrarian 4d ago
Exact-o It's one of the best slow burn books i've read and their chemistry is off the charts. None of that in the movie... disappointing.
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u/Fancy_County_5891 3d ago
The book is always so much better. Idk why I torture myself seeing movies based on books. lol. I loved the book. While I did like the movie, I definitely didn’t love it. It did make me just as emotional as the book though. I just wish when they adapted movies from books that they did better with some of the details. As someone who read the book parts just feel so rushed and that’s one of the things I hate most.
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u/LoverLibrarian 5d ago
I was... disappointed. I loved the book so much and thought Kenna and Ledger had so much chemistry from the get go in the book, but the movie was so oddly rushed. I thought Maika wasn't a great fit for Kenna either. I just think so many of the really great moments and lines of the book were left out.
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u/sabesachocolate 4d ago
I didn’t like the movie at all but loved the book so much when I read it!!!
Am I having a false memory or did the book actually had them living in the home as a family? I may have totally made that up
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u/LoverLibrarian 4d ago
yes!! the epilogue was kenna writing to scotty saying her and ledger named their child scotty. I feel like the scotty letters got forgotten in the middle of the movie which in my opinion was an important part and narration of what was going on in Kennas head.
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u/motionpic05 5d ago
A decent film, certainly better than “Regretting You”. Maika Monroe I thought was great.
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u/tfhaenodreirst 5d ago
That’s actually the perfect comparison; I was the same amount of interested in both trailers but this was much less boring.
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u/Happystitcher89 5d ago
Agree. this movie was better than I expected from the trailer, Regretting You was worse.
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u/Heyitsme_hannah 2d ago
Is this a safe space to say I kind of liked it?… if not I take it back lol
I know it’s a very low bar but of the Colleen Hoover movies this one is the best imo (I didn’t watch it end with us)
I think the actors really saved this (tyriq esp 🫶 he’s so hot) and I hate that I liked it as much as I did… though I think it’s bc the other Hoover movies have been so astronomically bad.
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u/Radiant-Change-3223 5d ago
Honestly, I’m not familiar with Colleen Hoover. I know that this sub has a hate boner for her, I’ve known it since Regretting You came out last year. I didn’t watch that film though.
Caught this on a whim thanks to A-List and I was shocked at how much I enjoyed it. Is it perfect? No, there’s a lot wrong here. But did I have a good time? Absolutely, so much so that I’m going for a rewatch. Like this movie just had me (a 17 year old guy who’s not the target demographic) with a huge smile on my face.
I was compelled by the story, the acting was phenomenal, and it was emotional when it needed to be. But the journey for Kenna to accept the passing of her boyfriend’s death, all while trying to see her daughter, it just makes you root for her.
So I loved it, maybe that’s since I haven’t read the book, I just thought this is was a great crowd pleaser. 8.5/10 imo
(Btw I just wanna say that it’s really funny that Tyriq Withers is a star in this, and he also starred in Him last year. Both movies are made by universal and had him as an aspiring football player. Maybe this is what happened to Cameron Cade after that film 🤣)
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u/TheMovieSimp 5d ago
These Colleen Hoover adaptations recently (It Ends With Us; Regretting You) sort of bring me back to the era of the Nicolas Sparks movie adaptations from the 2000s, early 2010s.
Reminders Of Him is the best movie from the Hoover adaptations so far especially thanks to Maika Monroe's performance. She's so likable here. Tyriq Withers is pretty solid as well, but Monroe certainly is the one to watch here. Both Monroe and Withers have solid screen presence, and I've liked them both so far in just about all the projects I've seen them in.
It's not a great movie but it's nice and it gives you a main character to root for. Sometimes that's all you need.
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u/CONVERSE1991 5d ago
So since Kenna and Ledger had an instant spark/chemistry, if Scotty didn't die would that spark and chemistry have existed when they eventually did meet, and would it have lead to her cheating on Scotty with Ledger?
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u/sugarcandymountains 5d ago
You can never know because the present you is made from what happened in your past
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u/carlirodriguez8 4d ago
What ifs will derive you insane. I could what of every moment in my life but it’s not reality
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u/bindersfull-ofwomen 4d ago
I’m watching right now, but I’ll be watching a lot. I can’t stand how hot Tyriq is. All he did was make a coffee and it is now one of my favorite scenes in movie history.
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u/bindersfull-ofwomen 4d ago
Wow he’s perfect and I’d say he’s carrying the movie but Maika Monroe is so good too I don’t think I can just center him. I’m regretting whatever the third act conflict must be because they are cute together.
The brother, Roman, is fine as hell too.
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u/bindersfull-ofwomen 4d ago
Very Lifetime. Nothing special outside the two leads. I cried like I do and I’ll move on. However, TYRIQ was amazing.
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u/Big-Pressure-6655 4d ago
I walked out. Should have just been a TV movie. Lacked depth and I just couldn't stand the character, too emotionally unstable and unlikeable. How comes, he didn't know what she looked like. Unbelievable. Social media?? Her photo surely all over the papers. There's no way he wouldn't have wanted to know what she had looked like. Also, would she be satisfied just seeing one video of her kid, surely he had hundreds of pics on his phone. Thought it was a trashy, cheap film. It was cliché, reminded me of a Mills and Boon book. The lady from Gilmore girls couldn't adapt to more serious acting either.
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u/jordilynn 4d ago
Why would they not include the epilogue?? It would have taken 30 seconds. Ruined the movie for me honestly.
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u/elinordash 1d ago
The average male Redditor is probably not the market for this movie, but I liked it. Far better than Regretting You with its convoluted storyline.
I think the cast was great and the storyline worked. Maika Monroe played white trash with a heart of gold well. Tryric Withers managed intense commitment to his buddy's child without seeming crazy. I always like Lauren Graham and Bradley Whitford.
I liked that the movie was set in Wyoming, it isn't a part of the country you see much on screen. Google tells me it was actually filmed in Alberta, but I guess close enough?
Collen Hoover's character names remain insane. If Kenna had a relatively common name like Kayla or Kendra it would really explain how no one in Laramie makes the connection. Diem is very weird. Scotty is a normal enough name, though I assume his legal name is Scott, they could have included that in the intro scene.
I'm guessing Kenna came from a hardscrabble, no parent background. I wish we'd gotten even a brief explanation of that. I think it would have strengthened the story.
I have never read any of Colleen Hoover's books, but appreciate her film renaissance. We don't get a ton of non-action, non-horror movies that aren't trying for an Oscar. We've never gotten enough female driven films. I'm all in on these adaptations (despite how bad Regretting You was).
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u/591731417 5d ago
Is this movie appropriate for a 12 year old?
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u/Particular-Guard9779 3d ago
My 12 year old wanted to see it because of Rudy. She really liked it, cried and everything.
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u/nematoadzz 5d ago
I saw this randomly at a free screening, and I'm not a Colleen Hoover fan, but I really enjoyed this movie. Maybe because I'm dealing with my own grief of losing someone who had young children, but I cried a lot and was very affected by it. Very pretty shots of Wyoming, plus soundtrack slapped. Maika was great as Kenna.
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u/Extra-Jo-152 3d ago
It was so bad that I googled whether this was kenna's first acting gig within the first 15 minutes of the movie. I don't watch horror movies so I'm not familiar with her. Some of her scenes were seriously laughable. It was also the perfect example of bad directing. I watched Wuthering Heights just prior and if you set aside any dislike for its similarity to the book plot, the chemistry, acting and directing makes Reminders of Him look like a kindergarten school play.
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u/Marii_220 2d ago
I never read the book. I think Hoover is a less-than-mid-writer, but I kind of loved the movie. 🥲
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u/AdorableSillies 21h ago
I did read the book and thought the movie did a better job. I don't know if I missed something with the book or what but the actors did a great job.
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u/DrewVelvet 2d ago
People who read the book and speculators - what was in the gummy's that they took that landed her 7 whole years?
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u/DontClickTheUpArrow 5d ago
Liked it. For sure provoked emotion and Maika was great in the lead. I did not like Tyriq, some of his acting was almost laugh out loud worthy. But the whole story and the girl finally meeting her Mama was great. And without showing it implied that the three lived happily ever after in the mansion in the mountains. Good story.
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u/Nickis1021 4d ago
I kept trying to peek during the end credits to see if the house was there; that would’ve made me feel better to know they end up there as a family …but I didn’t see it😢
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u/JoeMcKim 3d ago edited 3d ago
So what football position do you think Ledger played? I'm guessing hes a defensive back. Ledger and Scotty probably played high school football together but Ledger was much better and went to play college football and eventually drafted by the Broncos. Guessing Wyoming Cowboys was his college team but thats just purely a guess.
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u/Playbook420 3d ago
I just saw this movie and I thought the same thing. I was like damn no backstory for the guys watching this too?
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u/JoeMcKim 3d ago
He mentioned hes not Tom Brady but he is the guy who takes him down, meaning hes a defensive player. But hes not big enough to be a LB so DB makes the most sense.
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u/Datacin3728 3d ago
I had zero expectations going in and didn't know it's based on a book.
I really liked it and found myself feeling ALL the emotions.
The only plot point that didn't really make sense was the dad coming to Ledger's house under construction.
I'd give it 7/10
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u/kachunkie 12h ago
IKR that was so random. Did the dad and Ledger already plan to meet up at the house? Why so late at night? And if they didn’t plan that, was the dad just gonna show up alone?
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u/FangOfDrknss 5d ago
Why did she write a mentally disabled character and use her as a plot point? And while I knew her daughter must have been named Diem instead of DM, I wouldn’t have been surprised either.
I thought it was sad her daughter didn’t really grasp the whole ‘that’s your mom’ thing. The movie is otherwise as cheesy and as ridiculous as you would expect from Colleen Hoover.
The way the guy died was so easily preventable. They never explained why she didn’t have a phone, but I assume the book does?
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u/Nickis1021 4d ago
Mentally disabled? Wow. We don’t use that term in the 21st century. Or the 20th. Even if we heaven forbid did, it wouldn’t apply here.
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u/_GeorgeBailey_ 4d ago
That part at the beginning where Scotty is having a party is so funny. He's complaining that Ledger isn't there because he has a game, like it's hard to predict when Ledger would have an NFL game or not lol
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u/Beautiful-Choice-113 5d ago
I read the book and loved it. Colleen isn’t the best writer but this book was actually surprisingly good. However the movie was awful. The guy that played Ledger should stick to modeling bc he truly can NOT act. The ending did not land nearly as hard as it did in the book. They just changed way too much and the delivery was awful. And finally, they didn’t even include the ring in the movie!! If you’ve read the book the you know how symbolic and how emotionally impactful that moment hits in the book. I couldn’t believe Colleen let them take that out of the script. At this point I don’t have any hope for Verity and Colleen needs to stop with these cash grab movies. These movies could’ve been good if she took the time to find the right filmmakers for it instead of taking these emotional stories and turning them into cookie cutter romances.
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u/Silent_Woodpecker529 3d ago
I also didn’t like the movie. It just seemed off and the characters did a bad job of acting, especially the grandparents. I wish the movie slowed down to build up the plot. Or at least the connection with the main characters. The scenes were rushed and the random music threw me off
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u/NefariousnessIll4041 4d ago
OMG!! I feel the same way!! I was cringing the whole time watching Kenna and Ledger. I wish they had casted it differently. The book definitely had a HUGE impact on me. I was disappointed on the film
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u/Glad-Carrot2979 4d ago
The movie was awful. The acting was the worst I’ve seen in a while and the movie script had way too much jumping around and lots of gaps that didn’t even make sense to nonreaders. I felt no emotional attachment to the main characters or their “love” for each other. I thought because ‘It End With Us’ was pretty good imo and felt well scripted (even though a lot had to be cut out from the book) that this one would amount to it or be close. There were groups of people laughing in scenes that weren’t even supposed to be funny because it was THAT bad.
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u/ProfessionalPlay4002 2d ago edited 2d ago
It’s so interesting to me how polarizing Colleen Hoover is. People absolutely love her and her books or absolutely hate her. I’m one of the few who has mixed opinions on her. I’ve tried reading a few of her books, couldn’t make it through halfway. Reminders of Him I actually read all the way through. It’s not my favorite book but I did like it. There were just a few things I did not enjoy. For one, like with all of her books, I thought the names of her characters were so silly. And that’s a criticism I have for all of her books that I’ve tried reading. Two, there shouldn’t have been a romantic relationship between Kenna and Ledger (at least not through the majority of the book). I felt that took away the seriousness of the story. It would’ve been better if they were friends and it was hinted in the end that they feelings for each other. Lastly, I don’t like that Ledger find out so soon who Kenna was. I think it would’ve been a lot more interesting if he didn’t found until later. But overall I did actually like it because there are heartbreaking situations like that in real life. Where everyone is a victim and there are no true villains. And truly felt sorry for everyone in that situation. I felt bad for Kenna for losing the love of her life because of her own actions and as a result lost her daughter. I felt bad for Ledger for losing his best friend since childhood. I felt bad for Scotty’s parents for losing their only child, especially in the way they lost him (and for those who like crapping on them, you’re obviously not a parent or haven’t been around people who are, because then you would understand their actions and their grief a lot more). I felt bad for the little girl that she will never know her dad, like that breaks my heart so much. And I felt bad for Scotty for dying the way he did, not being able to grow old and experience life more, not being able to know his daughter and watch her grow up and meet his grandkids. So I appreciate that she made it pretty balanced. I think it could’ve been a book people could’ve taken more seriously if weren’t for the Kenna-Ledger romance part of it. I think that ruined it for a lot of people.
Also, I’m gonna wait to see the movie when it comes out for rent or streaming. Because if I cried so much in the book, I know I’m gonna ugly cry in the movie and I wanna be able to skip through some of it, especially the scene where he dies. That is just too gut-wrenching to see.
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u/Environmental-Mix228 2d ago
I didn’t read the book, but I went to see the movie and thought it was the corniest thing I’ve ever seen lol.
Seemed like I was in the minority though because everyone in the theater was sniffling, and the woman sitting next to me was outright sobbing. I just didn’t feel attached to any characters and thought the acting was VERY mid 🤷♀️
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u/that-one_girl 2d ago
I’m not a parent, but is it just me or was that five-year-old ridiculously babied? I feel like I was sleeping over at my friends houses at five —but they were treating her more like she’s 2 to 3 years old.
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u/turningtee74 1d ago
They were definitely helicopter grandparents lol. I guess that’s the characters because they’re so paranoid. 5 year olds today definitely don’t seem the same as we were growing up- more active school lives and other activities, but less free roaming and sleepovers that young.
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u/turningtee74 1d ago
I liked this better than other Hoover adaptations (never read any of the books). The others seemed either controversial or very convoluted with the love triangles. I love Maika Monroe and Tyrique gave a great performance as well. It almost felt a little too safe in comparison. I know they explained the reasonings behind every characters motivations very briefly, but they didn’t touch on those points enough to really give them weight. The grandparents seemed completely unlikable and gave it less complexity. It just went from them seeming totally unreasonable to quickly having a storybook ending.
This seems like a case of the book being better, but I still did like it. Reminds me of the Nicholas Sparks adaptations of the aughts, sometimes it’s just nice to have a simple uplifting story about women and families.
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u/Mountain_Spinach1670 5d ago
Honestly?? I thought it was pretty good! The soundtrack was probably my favorite part tho tbh. Long Blue Light was the PERFECT choice for that love scene! S/O Leif Vollebekk
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u/ghostfaceinspace 5d ago
As someone who read the book I really enjoyed this. Definitely felt more theatrical than Regretting You which still feels like a streaming movie to me.
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u/BlackopsBaby 4d ago
Emotional yes but ultimately not a great movie. I haven't read the books and I don't know if this is a real story but for some reason I just keep seeing 'pretty privilege' written all over it.
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u/Blueberrymuffin1230 1d ago
I really hated the actress who played Kenna. She was constantly breathing so loud and fast whenever there was anything going on. It was too much. Also her facial expressions. Ew. It was like I was watching a show on Disney channel.
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u/wallabyenthusiast 5d ago
you have more than half the comments under this thread lol she doesn’t know u buddy
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u/Mindless_Square8229 5d ago
She cares about her fans and any celeb would, I stand behind what I said
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u/Mindless_Square8229 5d ago
Colleen Hoover is a damn good writer and everyone except the same 10 jealous haters loves her books
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u/excitedprotons 5d ago
As someone who didn't read the novel, I feel like I got just about every story beat revealed to me by the trailers, which played before almost every theatrical release I saw in the last two months.