"But I'm tempted to credit this one to the filmmakers, as well as the cast - in particular, Allison Williams, who is quickly becoming our reigning deadpan queen of the absurd. When she conveys agitation, Williams has a uniquely hard stare that I've never really seen on any other actress: When she glares, her eyes seem fixed to a different axis than the rest of her face, so they appear to float in the air."
"There are no great revelations in Regretting You, though the story unfolds like there are. The film opens sometime around 2006 (a radio helpfully informs us that the Killers have a new song out called "When You Were Young") with a partying quartet of obviously mismatched teenagers: Morgan (Williams, de-aged like just about everyone else) is dating Chris (Scott Eastwood) while Jonah (Dave Franco) clearly longs for her, despite the fact that he is dating Jenny (Willa Fitzgerald), Morgan's sister."
Regretting You opens in 2006 with four mismatched teenagers in small-town North Carolina whose relationships entangle over time. Morgan becomes pregnant and marries Chris, while Jonah and Jenny eventually wed and have a newborn, establishing long-term connections that ripple forward seventeen years. The film centers on Morgan, Chris, their daughter Clara now a high-school senior, and the lingering tensions from youthful choices. Performances, especially Allison Williams's deadpan portrayal, inject comedic life into melodramatic beats through a uniquely hard stare and restrained emoting. The narrative offers familiar romantic fate tropes rather than surprising revelations, relying on cast chemistry and tonal shifts.
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