Fans of Colleen Hoover saw a win with last year’s book-to-screen adaptation of It Ends with Us, which made big box office bank, despite (or perhaps assisted by) all of the legal drama between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Will the author go two-for-two on the big screen when Regretting You hits the 2025 movie calendar on October 24? Critics screened the film ahead of its release, and they have strong opinions about the movie’s tone and melodramatic script.
The trailer for Regretting You takes us into the relationship between high school friends Morgan (Allison Williams) and Jonah (Dave Franco) and the whirlwind romance between Morgan’s teenage daughter Clara (McKenna Grace) and Jonah’s student Miller (Mason Thames). Jacob Oller of AV Club gives it a C-, but says all of the clichés suggest some self-awareness, which makes the movie more ridiculous than detestable. Oller writes:
