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The List

The List

Romance · Comedy · 2023

After her fiance sleeps with a celebrity on his free pass list, Abby Meyers, with nothing but five names and a fantasy shared by millions, sets out for Los Angeles to sleep with someone from hers.

Movie details

The List

“Don't get mad, get laid.”

2023 Romance · Comedy 1h 37m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.2 / 10

6.5K votes

TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

After her fiance sleeps with a celebrity on his free pass list, Abby Meyers, with nothing but five names and a fantasy shared by millions, sets out for Los Angeles to sleep with someone from hers.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The List?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

Nearby on the taste map.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Melissa Miller Costanzo

Written by

Steve Vitolo · Rob Lederer

Halston Sage

Halston Sage

Abby Meyers

Christian Navarro

Christian Navarro

Jake

Shelley Hennig

Shelley Hennig

Sam

Geoff Pierson

Geoff Pierson

Mayor Capozzi

Gregg Sulkin

Gregg Sulkin

Cooper Grant

Lucy DeVito

Lucy DeVito

Patty

Clark Backo

Clark Backo

Kenzie Scott

Court is in session

Put The List on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.