Regretting You (marketed as Colleen Hoover's Regretting You) is a 2025 romantic drama film based on the 2019 novel by Colleen Hoover. It is directed by Josh Boone from a screenplay by Susan McMartin. It stars Allison Williams, Mckenna Grace, Dave Franco, and Mason Thames.
The film premiered at the Zoo Palast in Berlin on October 12, 2025, and was released by Constantin Film in Germany on October 23, 2025 and by Paramount Pictures in the United States on October 24. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, but was a modest box-office success, grossing $90.5 million worldwide on a budget of $25 million.
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Plot
17-year-old Morgan Davidson discovers that she is pregnant by her boyfriend, Chris Grant. She confides this to Jonah Sullivan, her sister Jenny's boyfriend and Chris's best friend, who secretly has feelings for Morgan.
Seventeen years later, Chris and Morgan are married and raising their teenage daughter, Clara. Jenny and Jonah have recently reunited after years apart, and have an infant son, Elijah. On Morgan's birthday, Clara encounters her classmate Miller Adams moving the city limits sign. She helps him, then drives him home. They learn that they both have aspirations of working in film.
After learning that Miller has a girlfriend, Jenny cautions Clara not to meddle in their relationship. Morgan and Jonah speak privately, whereupon Morgan insists it is too late for them, and Clara is her priority. Clara later learns that Miller's girlfriend broke up with him over his budding attraction to Clara.
Chris and Jenny die in a traffic accident; Jonah and Morgan soon conclude that they were having an affair. During Chris' funeral, Morgan catches Clara smoking a preroll with Miller during the service and grounds Clara for this. Clara demands to know why Morgan didn't organize Chris and Jenny's funerals together.
Later, Jonah and Morgan locate Chris's car in a hotel parking lot, confirming the affair. Morgan beats the car before driving it home. Clara questions Morgan about the damage, but Morgan declines to explain. Clara later sneaks out to see Miller, returning to find that Morgan has destroyed the kitchen door.
Jonah hands Elijah over to Morgan the next day, suspecting Chris may be Elijah's biological father. Clara confronts Jonah and persuades him to continue his parenting responsibilities, with her and Morgan agreeing to help however they can.
The next day, after moving the city limits sign again, Miller confesses to Clara he fears if he leaves for college, nobody will look after his grandfather. At the end of the night, Clara and Miller kiss. They later convince Clara's best friend Lexie to ask out Miller's friend Efren. At home, Jonah plays Morgan a song that reminds her of a moment they shared as teenagers.
Cast
Allison Williams as Morgan Grant
Mckenna Grace as Clara Grant, Morgan's daughter
Aubrey Brockwell as young Clara
Dave Franco as Jonah Sullivan
Mason Thames as Miller Adams
Scott Eastwood as Chris Grant, Morgan's husband and Clara's father
Willa Fitzgerald as Jenny Davidson, Morgan's younger sister and Jonah's partner
Clancy Brown as Hank "Gramps" Adams, Miller's grandfather
Sam Morelos as Lexie, Clara's best friend.
Ethan Costanilla as Efren, Miller's best friend.
Production
In August 2024, it was announced that an adaptation of Regretting You was in development, with Josh Boone directing, and Allison Williams, Mckenna Grace, Dave Franco and Mason Thames starring. In March 2025, Willa Fitzgerald and Scott Eastwood boarded the cast of the film. Clancy Brown, Sam Morelos, and Ethan Costanilla rounded out the cast that same month. Principal photography began in March 2025, in Atlanta. Marc Clark and Robb Sullivan served as the film's editors. Nathaniel Walcott composed the film's score, having previously collaborated with Josh Boone on Stuck in Love (2012), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), and The Stand (2020–21).
Release
Regretting You premiered in Berlin, Germany on October 12, 2025. The film was released in the United States on October 24, 2025.
Streaming
Regretting You premiered on Paramount+ on December 23, 2025.
Home media
The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on February 17, 2026.
Reception
Box office
Regretting You grossed $48.9 million in the United States and Canada, and $41.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $90.5 million. The film grossed $13.7 million in its debut weekend, finishing second behind Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc.
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 29% of 89 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "Regrettable all around." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 33 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.
