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GenreDrama & Romance
RatedPG-13
Runtime1 hr 54 mins
ReleasedMarch 13, 2026
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorVanessa Caswill
StarringMaika Monroe, Tyriq Withers, Rudy Pankow
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Reminders of Him (2026)
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| Reminders of Him's Details | |
| Genre | Drama & Romance |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Released | 03/09/2026 (Los Angeles); 03/13/2026 (United States) |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 1 hr 54 mins |
| Budget | $25M (reported) |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Based On | Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Reminders of Him's Interests | |
| General | Second chances, old bookstores, grocery shifts, a kitten she did not ask for, small hometowns. |
| Music | Tom Howe. Country star Lainey Wilson is in the cast too. |
| Movies | It Ends with Us (2024). Another Colleen Hoover novel on the big screen. |
| Television | Gilmore Girls. Lauren Graham plays a very different kind of mom here. |
| Heroes | Lady Diana. Kenna's neighbor, and the friend she didn't know she needed. |
| Reminders of Him's Crew | |
| Director | Vanessa Caswill |
| Writers | Colleen Hoover, Lauren Levine |
| Producers | Colleen Hoover, Lauren Levine, Gina Matthews |
| Cinematography | Tim Ives |
| Music | Tom Howe |
| Edited By | Michelle Harrison |
| Production | Heartbones Entertainment, Little Engine Productions |
| Distributed By | Universal Pictures |
The heart of Reminders of Him is a mother trying to meet her five-year-old for the first time, and the movie keeps stalling it with a romance. Kenna comes home from prison after a car accident that took the life of her boyfriend, Scotty, and his parents, who are raising her daughter Diem, want her nowhere near the girl. That’s a strong, painful setup. The film handles it with such careful restraint that the big emotions rarely break through, and the love story with Ledger, Scotty’s best friend who now runs a bar in their old favorite bookstore, feels like it belongs in a softer movie. Maika Monroe is quietly moving as Kenna, bagging groceries and keeping a diary about the night everything went wrong. Lauren Graham and Bradley Whitford give the grieving grandparents real depth. It made $89.3 million worldwide on a reported $25M. A 4.6 because the performances are sincere and the story plays it too safe. $62.74 says you walk into the next used bookstore you pass and stay an hour longer than you planned.
What works: The cast plays grief and guilt with real sensitivity, and the film never treats Kenna’s pain as a cheap plot device.
What doesn’t: The romance with Ledger crowds out the mother and daughter story, and the restrained tone keeps the big emotions from landing.
Who it’s for: Colleen Hoover readers and anyone who wants a quiet, tearful drama about second chances.
Spoilers
Ledger gives Kenna’s diary to Grace and Patrick, and reading her account of the night Scotty died changes Grace’s mind. Kenna meets Diem, tells her she is her mother, and the family shares dinner, and later Kenna and Diem put Scotty’s roadside memorial back up.
Kenna Rowan (Maika Monroe) spent years in prison for a car accident that took the life of her boyfriend, Scotty (Rudy Pankow). Now she is out on parole and back in her hometown with one goal: meeting Diem (Zoe Kosovic), the five-year-old daughter she has never met, who is being raised by Scotty's parents, Grace (Lauren Graham) and Patrick (Bradley Whitford). They want her nowhere near Diem. Then there is Ledger Ward (Tyriq Withers), Scotty's best friend and a former NFL player, who runs the spot that used to be her favorite bookstore. Vanessa Caswill directs, adapting Colleen Hoover's novel. One hundred fourteen minutes, keep tissues close.
Anyone who believes people deserve a second chance.
| Maika Monroe | Kenna Rowan |
| Tyriq Withers | Ledger Ward |
| Rudy Pankow | Scotty Landry |
| Lainey Wilson | Amy Matthews |
| Nicholas Duvernay | Roman |
| Lauren Graham | Grace Landry |
| Bradley Whitford | Patrick Landry |
| Jennifer Robertson | Ruth Clayton |
| Zoe Kosovic | Diem Landry |
| Monika Myers | Lady Diana |
| Hilary Jardine | Mary Anne Walker |
| Natascha Girgis | Ivy |
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 18 October 2026 DataBot +480 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $89.3M; Domestic box office $48.6M; Opening weekend $18M; Profit / loss (est.) +$7.1M; Rotten Tomatoes 56%; CinemaScore B; box office chart updated; Rotten Tomatoes critics 56% (117 reviews); Metacritic 49 / 100; CinemaScore B; IMDb users 6.3 / 10 (13,620 votes); movie.guru score 3.9.
- (cur | prev) 12:00, 18 October 2026 DataBot +2,000 Profile created from Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo: cast, crew, release dates, budget, official trailer.