Someone Like You (2024)

What’s the polite way to tell a stranger you spent the day watching her at work because she looks exactly like your late best friend? Someone Like You never finds one, and it plays that zoo stakeout as romantic. Architect Dawson Gage, played by Jake Allyn, and London Quinn have been best friends since a school zoo trip a decade back, and her family took him in when he was orphaned. Then comes a sudden loss, and a family secret: London was an IVF baby, and somewhere out there is a twin. Dawson tracks her down: Andi, played by Sarah Fisher in both roles, who works at the Nashville Zoo and loves to sing. From there it’s an earnest, faith-friendly romance with a lake, a jet ski, a big family secret and an ending you’ll call by the halfway mark. It made $5.94 million domestically. A 4.5 because the heart is in the right place and the plot isn’t. $52.82 says you corner your mom this week and ask if there’s anything about your birth she forgot to mention.

What works: It’s sincere and gentle, and its feelings about chosen family, grief and second chances are clearly genuine.

What doesn’t: The premise gets odd fast, especially the day Dawson spends watching Andi at work, and the ending is visible from a mile away.

Who it’s for: Fans of Karen Kingsbury’s novels and gentle faith-based romances who want a clean, heartfelt story more than surprises.