Miss You, Love You review Allison Janney anchors affecting old-school grief drama

Blockbuster performance continues with historical epics, erotic thrillers, and female-led workplace comedies, pushing box office totals toward pre-pandemic levels. Alongside major releases, many smaller, robustly made star-led films fail to attract sufficient attention and awards recognition. Miss You, Love You, a talky comedy drama about adults handling adult issues, would not be expected to become a smash hit, but it fits a specialty model where strong reviews generate word of mouth and lead to modest yet impressive results and awards buzz. After being made and screened for buyers at Sundance with Julia Roberts’ involvement, it was bought by HBO and scheduled for an early summer TV premiere, likely limiting its visibility. Several other films similarly underperform in attention despite quality.

"There's nothing marketably distinctive or hugely of-the-moment about Miss You, Love You, but there's more than enough here, from a towering lead performance to a sharp and textured script, to mark it as worthy of more noise than it's sadly getting."

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