In The Best You Can, Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick deliver strong performances in a dramedy centered around a budding friendship later in life. While the film has a promising premise, it struggles with cliched comic tropes and an uneven plot. Written and directed by Michael J. Weithorn, the film’s humor often feels forced, though it finds some depth through the characters' emotional exchanges via text messages. Sedgwick's character, grappling with her husband's dementia, and Bacon's Stan—who faces familial challenges—engage viewers, but the overall execution can seem superficial and unoriginal, targeting an older demographic.
Sedgwick plays Cynthia, whose brilliant husband, Warren, once on the staff of the Watergate committee, is now 83 and sliding into dementia.
The forced comedy calms down a bit when they also begin a friendship, often through text messages, which the actors deliver in voiceover.
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