The adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s novel “Regretting You” turns a complicated family drama into a cinematic experience full of love, grief and betrayal.
The movie was released on Oct. 24, 2025, and stars Allison Williams as Morgan Grant, McKenna Grace as Clara Grant, Dave Franco as Jonah Sullivan, Mason Thames as Miller Adams, Scott Eastwood as Chris Grant and Willa Fitzgerald as Jenny Davidson.
This film revolves around high schoolers Clara Grant (McKenna Grace) and Miller Adams (Mason Thames) as they navigate a budding romance full of passion and complications. While this is happening, Clara’s family experiences unforeseen drama and a sudden loss.
This adds stress to Clara’s life and to her relationship with her mother. Morgan Grant (Allison Williams) faces devastating challenges of her own.
The film has sparked mixed reactions online, especially on TikTok. While many viewers praised it as a heartfelt romance with the desired elements, others criticized it for promoting infidelity and including several plot inconsistencies.
Some viewers say it is a beautiful romance movie with all the desired elements, with users such as “Noelle_Grace” commenting, “I LOVE IT,” and “Jayden Bo Bayden” writing, “MOVIE OF THE YEAR.”
Others say the movie promotes cheating and has many plot holes. User “Calliepgirl” shared her disappointment, writing, “Regretting You? More like regretting watching this movie.” Another user, “Camilla_spens,” posted that the movie was “bottom tier” and “doesn’t get worse than that.”
The overall response to this anticipated film shows a divide between those who were deeply moved and those who felt it fell short of expectations.
Admittedly, I loved it. While I do see the plot holes and the film’s predictability, I find that’s part of the romance-movie experience. Of course, you know the guy will get the girl in the end, but that’s not why romance lovers watch it; we watch it for the chase. To see how far the guy would go, Miller Adams perfected that chase.
The rest of this review will include spoilers … you have been warned.
In the film, Clara’s father, Chris Grant (Scott Eastwood), has an affair with his sister-in-law, Jenny Davidson (Willa Fitzgerald). This comes to light when Grant and Davidson pass away in a car accident and are found in the same vehicle. After further investigation, Morgan and Jonah discover Chris’s car at a hotel with a room in his name and Jenny’s bags in his car. In addition to this, Jonah discovers love letters written from Jenny to Chris in his toolbox. This confirms what the viewers anticipated about their relationship.
Morgan, upon learning the truth of her sister’s affair with her husband, is left devastated, feeling both grief and anger. Meanwhile, Clara faces the grief of her father and her aunt, with whom she was very close; it’s not until later in the film that Clara learns the truth of her father’s infidelity.
The film also shows that the four of them (Clara’s parents, her aunt, and her aunt’s boyfriend) have been friends for years. Although Jonah Sullivan (Dave Franco) has also lost his cheating girlfriend in the accident. The film reveals that Sullivan has been in love with Morgan for as long as they’ve known each other. This plot twist leads to a popular line in the movie, “We got it wrong,” referring to who Morgan and her sister chose to be with in their friend group.
This movie is packed with drama and emotion. At each new plot twist, I was left thinking it could not get worse for them, but it always did.
Watching Clara and Miller’s love story unfold was a storyline I adored; you could feel how much they meant to each other. Miller’s character displayed patience and maturity and became the character I rooted for in every scene. Miller restored faith in traditional romance. Clara’s storyline really developed as she navigated her feelings of love and grief. And as everyone predicted, they end up together.
Their story concludes with both of them attending the same college, where Miller finally confesses that he has loved Clara long before they ever spoke. His grand gesture was a heartfelt video he secretly filmed two years earlier, which reveals just how deep his feelings ran. In the video, Miller records himself at one of Clara’s school plays, watching her in complete admiration. Over time, he continues adding clips, talking to the camera and asking her to prom in a series of videos she never knew existed. The moment that truly stole my heart was from the very first day they met. In one clip, Miller says that Clara just drove by him, and if she turns around to offer him a ride, he’ll ask her to prom someday. And she did.
The amazing gesture of this two-year-long video project was shown to Clara once they had been dating for a while, and as a viewer and a romance movie enthusiast, it was one of the best romantic gestures I have seen. A moment I am still fangirling over today.
Morgan and Jonah end up together as well. I really admired Morgan’s struggle as she wrestled with her feelings for Jonah while carrying the guilt of how her choices might affect Clara. In the end, she made the right decision, choosing, for once, to follow her own heart.
Jonah was also an amazing character to watch. His love for Morgan was so strong that he moved away for years because he could not stand seeing her with another guy (his best friend). He was truly devoted to her.
Overall, this movie is well worth watching for people who appreciate a dramatic, fairly cheesy romance, with scenes that will stay with you long after the credits roll. I will certainly be rewatching and idolizing Miller’s grand gesture for eternity. Oh, and I am only eating the watermelon-flavored Jolly Ranchers from now on.
