‘REGRETTING YOU’: THIS IS THE MUCH QUIETER HOOVER ADAPTATION
A Colleen Hoover film that is much quieter than a certain title with her name attached, Regretting You is not my cup of tea, but it will be of interest to many.
Regretting You (2025) Film Review
Marrying her young love may have once been in the plans, but when it came to the “I dos,” what she didn’t want is to marry because she needs to. But this is where Morgan Grant (Allison Williams) finds her life route taking her. On Morgan’s birthday, the family awaits the arrival of Clara (McKenna Grace) and then, in the aftermath of this day, everything changes. Morgan’s life changes everything when her husband Chris (Scott Eastwood) dies in a tragic accident. The emotion is twofold because she also loses her sister in the same accident.
Life forever changes Morgan, and alters not just her bond with her daughter, but also the man who was about to marry her sister.
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‘REGRETTING YOU’: THIS IS THE MUCH QUIETER HOOVER ADAPTATION. Adaptation of #ColleenHoover’s novel. #McKennaGrace #Movies #Romance Share on XDefinitely a film that, like I said, didn’t make the noise as It Ends with Us, this film isn’t one I’ll watch more than this once, or I don’t imagine it will be, but it’s fine for a one-time watch. Based on the reviews I’ve seen, Hoover’s novels aren’t ones I plan to read. So this probably factors into why I didn’t love Regretting You. But I’m also not totally into all of the emotional and other connections between characters either. This said, the actors are good, and I enjoyed everyone. Little though we see them on screen, this one also boasts Eastwood and Willa Fitzgerald (from Little Women, Reacher).
The story is one that you can guess the outcome of going in and because of that, the aftermath and emotional fallout is really all that keeps anyone invested rather than any mystery about the present. The story and script are full of emotional challenges and many I respect and can deeply sympathize with, however, some of the relationships I also take serious issue with. Still, if you like romances like this or Nicholas Sparks-esque stories (and yes, we’ve established that I do often enjoy) then this may be something you’ll like.
The production is good and while I don’t know how the book portrays anyone, the primary actors are fine in their respective roles, too. I do have an appreciation for the fact that the script tries to some distance and time passing which means that choices for the future aren’t as unhealthy, but I don’t think they succeed in making it work or be wholly right as far as healthy for the characters. If you’ve wanted to see an adaptation from Colleen Hoover, then this may be the one you want to see.
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Stream, at publication, Regretting You with Paramount+; or digitally purchase on places like Prime Video
Content: There is quite a bit of innuendo and heavy-handed sexual tension. There is lots of talk usually in relation to advice about not being the “other girl.” Affairs and other conversation about sex is present. A teen smokes and says that they want to get high. A couple makes out many times and even almost go all the way; the boy says she was doing too much right and they stop. We find them again, later, and they have sex (she cries because of all she is going through). Another couple also has sex, and we see them making out, and in shadows, in bed with some movement. The film is PG-13.
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