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Regretting You

Regretting You

2025

PG-13

Director

Josh Boone

Runtime

116 minutes

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Synopsis

Morgan Grant and her daughter Clara explore what's left behind after a devastating accident reveals a shocking betrayal and forces them to confront family secrets, redefine love, and rediscover each other.

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Diversity & Representation

Overall Score

5.1/10

Fair


Category Breakdown

LGBTQ+ Representation

Limited

The story centers on heteronormative romantic entanglements and monogamous structures. There is no evidence of queer narratives or non-cisnormative identities within the plot.

Gender Representation

Fair

Female agency drives the emotional resolution as Morgan and Clara navigate loss and secrets. While women lead the narrative, central male romantic roles limit the score.

Racial & Ethnic Diversity

Fair

The cast and characters appear largely homogeneous, focusing on a Western familial structure. The film leans toward a traditional, Anglo-centric depiction of suburban life.

Religious & Cultural Diversity

Good

The film deconstructs the ideal nuclear family by framing domesticity as a site of hidden dysfunction. It replaces didactic storytelling with a focus on situational ethics.

Disability Representation

Minimal

There is no mention of characters possessing visible or invisible disabilities in the provided details.

Strengths

  • The narrative effectively challenges the concept of the perfect nuclear family through themes of betrayal.
  • Female protagonists drive the emotional arc and the redefinition of personal identity.
  • The story explores complex moral relativism rather than relying on simple, didactic morality.

Areas for Improvement

  • The film lacks explicit representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-cisnormative narratives.
  • The character ensemble appears limited in racial and ethnic diversity.
  • There is no visible representation of characters with disabilities.

AI Analysis

Regretting You is a character-driven drama that prioritizes emotional volatility over systemic social subversion. The narrative finds its strength in deconstructing the sanctity of the traditional family unit, using personal trauma and betrayal to challenge idealized domesticity. However, the film remains anchored in conventional demographic norms. The focus on heteronormative romance and a seemingly homogeneous cast prevents the story from achieving significant intersectional breadth or progressive identity-driven agency.

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