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Spoiler Alert

Spoiler Alert

Romance · Comedy · Drama · 2022

Journalist Michael Ausiello embarks on a rollercoaster ride of emotions when Kit Cowan, his partner of 14 years, is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Movie details

Spoiler Alert

“Love never stops surprising you. Even when you know how it ends.”

2022 Romance · Comedy · Drama 1h 50m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.0 / 10

Community rating

Journalist Michael Ausiello embarks on a rollercoaster ride of emotions when Kit Cowan, his partner of 14 years, is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Michael Showalter

Written by

David Marshall Grant · Dan Savage

Jim Parsons

Jim Parsons

Michael Ausiello

Ben Aldridge

Ben Aldridge

Kit Cowan

Josh Pais

Josh Pais

Scott

Allegra Heart

Allegra Heart

Franny

Jeffery Self

Jeffery Self

Nick

Braxton Fannin

Braxton Fannin

Michael's Sitcom Older Brother

B

Brody Caines

Sitcom Young Michael

Court is in session

Put Spoiler Alert 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.