‘THE GREATEST HITS’: EMOTIONAL DRAMA USES MUSIC TO EXPLORE GRIEF
Heartbreaking in a million ways, but somehow still charming, The Greatest Hits is a Hulu film that is worth seeing.
The Greatest Hits (2024) Hulu Film Review
No matter how hard she tries or how many therapy sessions she sits in, nothing can help Harriet (Lucy Boynton) let go of the loss of her life. Losing her boyfriend Max (David Corenswet) in an accident that also is leaving her with scars, Harriet cannot move forward. She shuts herself away in her apartment and abandons a dream for the sake of safety. Her friend begs her to move forward not just for her sake but to honor the memory of her boyfriend.
Thing is Harriet uses music to revisit these moments in her past, all which searching for the one record that will take her back to the day her boyfriend dies; to the day where she can change everything. Then she meets David (Justin H. Min), a kind guy who seems perfect but is he someone she can let go of her past for?
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‘THE GREATEST HITS’: EMOTIONAL DRAMA USES MUSIC TO EXPLORE GRIEF. Lucy Boynton stars in this touching drama. #Hulu #Romance #Drama #RomanceMovie Share on XThough I had seen this film on Hulu when browsing, I didn’t know anything about it or think much about what it was about. What you discover in The Greatest Hits is a unique journey that lets music tell its story and let’s its character use music to explore their feelings and past. I’ll confess that while this is a bittersweet film and a story that deserves to wallow, in some sense, in that grief because its serious and meaningful, I do grow a little weary of Harriet a time or two. For the most part I have sympathy for her and I think the script does a nice job helping her move ahead.
I also think the romance is meaningful and surprisingly connective to the past and present. Harriet’s ‘love of my life’ comment was interesting to me, and something I pondered as to its meaning. The acting is really good too and it’s great to see Lucy in something again. She was so fun and sassy in the Christie adaptation period piece Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? so seeing her in something modern is great fun. The script allows these characters to grow and let go and find joy again which is a bittersweet way a lovely thing to see. Living in the past is no real life because the present is what we have. Mourning what we lose is healthy and needed, but then we have to live in what we have and I think ultimately that’s the story we see in The Greatest Hits.
This one is emotional and romantic and charming and yes, sad. But it also surprises with joy and if that sounds like something you might enjoy, then this film is worth seeing.
You can stream The Greatest Hits on Hulu
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Content: there’s a scene of a couple falling into bed and having sex (the scene is lit with bright and kind of neon lighting). We see 2-3 other scenes of a couple lying in bed (clothed) in various states of dress. There’s a heavy make out scene in a car. There’s a use of the F-word and other more common profanity. There is also a character who romantically likes the same sex and there’s a drag queen event if those things bother you. The film is PG-13.
