The Best You Can
2025 · Movie · R · 103 min · ★ 7.0
A buttoned-up New Yorker starts to feel the strain of her much older husband’s declining health on their marriage. When a sharp but chronically underachieving security guard enters her life, she’s pulled into an unexpected connection that challenges her routines in this smart, light romantic comedy.
Also known as Connescence
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Streaming on Netflix.
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Details
- Years
- 2025
- Release date
- 2025-06-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (51 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a light, heartfelt rom-com with relatable ups and downs and a warm, easygoing vibe, like The Sweet Life or Sam & Kate; Not for you if you need big surprises or deeper drama.
Pros: warm chemistry; relatable humor; heartfelt moments | Cons: predictable story; uneven writing; not very memorable
Themes
- romcom
Cast & crew
Kyra Sedgwick
as Cynthia Rand
Kevin Bacon
as Stan Olszewski
Judd Hirsch
as Walter Rand
Brittany O'Grady
as Sammi
Olivia Luccardi
as CJ Moretti
Meera Rohit Kumbhani
as Pramila Mahesh
Ray Romano
as Doug Finkelman
- PQ
Pennie Diamond Quintana
as Mrs. Lifford
Rob Benedict
as Rob
Heather Burns
as Rosemary
Directed by Michael J. Weithorn