SummaryA couple who have known each other since 8 are destined to be together until death do them apart.
Directed By:Stephanie Laing
Written By:Bess Wohl
Irreplaceable You
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34
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Feb 16, 2018
58
It would serve its audience better if it paid more attention to a stronger structure and a believable plot, but its flaws don’t keep it from being affecting for those who like their love stories on the lachrymose side.
Mar 4, 2018
50
The picture just lies there, inert and lifeless, despite the attractive and interesting cast and what must-have-looked like a can’t-miss premise.
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Aug 24, 2026
5
Learning to Let Go When True Love Demands Surrender Instead of Control.180516 (2.5)The ocean-like Sam becomes fully human only when standing near the water's edge. What Abbie, an impeccably meticulous perfectionist, failed to prepare for was the heart's willingness to simply let go and depart. The words she obstinately longed to hear: "I will love your six stitches forever." What I really did for love. Directed by Stephanie Laing, the 2018 romantic drama "Irreplaceable You" stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Michiel Huisman as Abbie and Sam, lifelong sweethearts whose impending marriage is derailed when Abbie is diagnosed with terminal cancer, leading her on a poignant quest to find a future partner for him before realizing what truly matters in their remaining time together.
Feb 16, 2018
50
The dialogue creates an arch and artificial mood, never sounding like real talk despite the clearly talented actors (Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Michiel Huisman) playing the roles. The film itself seems to be in denial about its own story.
Feb 15, 2018
40
Wohl never manages to achieve the proper tonal blend. The result is neither sufficiently funny nor moving, lacking the truly daring humor that might have made the film a bracing dark comedy. It's a shame, considering the estimable ensemble.
Feb 15, 2018
30
The film's first half is so annoyingly glib and faux-amusing, it sets a misguided tone that distances instead of engages.
Feb 15, 2018
30
A half-baked tragic love story so desperately engineered to tear-jerk that it ceases to resemble anything human.
Feb 15, 2018
30
Gugu Mbatha-Raw is a charming actress who radiates poise and intelligence, which is why Irreplaceable You — in which her character acts in ways that are clearly self-destructive and counterproductive — rings so false.
Nov 6, 2021
3
I don't wanna be the bitter son of a **** when it comes to a movie that involves a plot about a person facing a disease such as cancer, but it's painful to see something as distressing being washed out as a simple romantic story. The only truly salvageable point about it is that the lead character dies. At least making it clear that such a story will not always have a happy ending. I would recommend instead 50/50, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
A much better movie on the subject. Even with what elements that story didn't take that seriously.
The emotional manipulation of this one is all that it can offer.
Production Company:
- Rocliffe Ltd.
- Opposite Field Pictures
- PYPO
Release Date:Feb 16, 2018
Duration:1 h 36 m
Rating:TV-MA
Tagline:Don't focus on what if. Focus on what is.
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