Regretting You
2025 · Directed by Josh Boone
Original language: English
- romance
- drama
The story
Morgan Grant and her daughter Clara explore what's left behind after a devastating accident reveals a shocking betrayal and forces them to confront family secrets, redefine love, and rediscover each other.
What it’s like
Soft, sun-warmed domestic light and a lot of close, unhurried framing on faces and kitchens, with the North Carolina setting rendered through humid green summers, wood-panelled rooms and quiet suburban streets. The palette leans toward muted warm tones that turn cooler and greyer when grief takes over. The score is gentle and piano-led, with swells that tip toward sentimental. Its vibe is tender and wistful, a bittersweet family drama with a romantic thread running through it. It suits a rainy weekend afternoon, a good cry on the sofa, or a comfort watch with someone you love. The pacing is steady and conversational, with scenes that linger on small exchanges between a mother and her teenage daughter as they reckon with loss and with the things they never knew about each other. Their arcs move from estrangement and hurt toward a slow, earned closeness. Intensity is moderate: the death of a parent and a serious car crash are dealt with emotionally rather than graphically, and there is teen drinking and a few sharp, painful reveals, but no gore and little real violence. It is for viewers who want an emotionally heavy story that still feels warm, and who enjoy family dramas about grief, second chances and young love.
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