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Irreplaceable You

Irreplaceable You

Comedy · Drama · Romance · 2018

A stunning cancer diagnosis spurs Abbie to seek a future girlfriend for fiancé and childhood sweetheart Sam, who's clueless when it comes to dating.

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Irreplaceable You

“Don't focus on what if, focus on what is.”

2018 Comedy · Drama · Romance 1h 36m

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7.0 / 10

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A stunning cancer diagnosis spurs Abbie to seek a future girlfriend for fiancé and childhood sweetheart Sam, who's clueless when it comes to dating.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Stephanie Laing

Written by

Bess Wohl

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Abbie

Michiel Huisman

Michiel Huisman

Sam

Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan

Mitch

Timothy Simons

Timothy Simons

Dominic

Jacki Weaver

Jacki Weaver

Estelle

Kate McKinnon

Kate McKinnon

Glass Half Full Kate

Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken

Myron

Court is in session

Put Irreplaceable You on trial.

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

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“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.