Irreplaceable You is a 2018 American romantic comedy-drama film written by Bess Wohl and directed by Stephanie Laing. The film stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Michiel Huisman. It was released by Netflix on February 16, 2018.
Plot
Abbie and Sam have been best friends since childhood and are engaged to be married. Their lives come crashing down when Abbie is given a terminal cancer diagnosis.
Faced with the prospect of an uncertain timeline, Abbie begins a search for a new love to take care of Sam. Along the way, Abbie makes unlikely friendships with three patients whose one thing in common is that they focus on living while they are dying.
Abbie dies at the end without having lived up to her potential, yet manages to come to terms with her situation and with those she is leaving behind.
Cast
Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Abbie
Celeste O'Connor as Teen Abbie
Alyssa Cheatham as Young Abbie
Michiel Huisman as Sam
Sawyer Barth as Teen Sam
Zachary Hernandez as Young Sam
Christopher Walken as Myron
Brian Tyree Henry as Benji
Steve Coogan as Mitch
Timothy Simons as Dominic
Tamara Tunie as Abbie's mother, Jane
Jacki Weaver as Estelle
Merritt Wever as Mindy
Gayle Rankin as Mira
Kate McKinnon as Glass Half Full Kate
Jessie Ennis as Melanie
Glenn Fleshler as Mean Phil
Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of based on reviews, and an average rating of . On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 34 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".