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The Idea of You is a 2024 American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Showalter from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jennifer Westfeldt, based on the novel of the same name by Robinne Lee. Starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine, it chronicles the love affair between a single mother and the lead singer of a popular boy band.
The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 16, 2024, and is scheduled to be released by Amazon MGM Studios via Prime Video on May 2, 2024.
Premise
Solène Marchand is a 40-year-old single mom who, at her ex-husband’s request, takes their teenage daughter to Coachella. In a surprising turn of events, Solène strikes up a budding romance with 24-year-old Hayes Campbell, the lead singer of August Moon, a famous boy band.
Cast
- Anne Hathaway as Solène Marchand
- Nicholas Galitzine as Hayes Campbell
- Ella Rubin as Izzy
- Reid Scott as Daniel
- Jordan Aaron Hall as Zeke
- Jaiden Anthony as Adrian
- Raymond Cham Jr as Oliver
- Viktor White as Simon
- Dakota Adan as Rory
- Annie Mumolo as Tracy
- Perry Mattfeld as Eva
Production
In December 2018, it was announced that an adaptation of the Robinne Lee novel The Idea of You had been opted by Welle Entertainment with Cathy Schulman and Gabrielle Union producing. Union named the book amongst her ten favourite of all time in 2018. Union and Lee have been friends since the early 2000s. Lee, Eric Hayes, Belle Hope Dayne, and Jordana Mollick also serve as producers. In June 2021 it was revealed that Jennifer Westfelft had adapted the novel and Anne Hathaway was cast in the starring role. In August 2022 Michael Showalter was confirmed as director. In September 2022 Nicholas Galitzine was added to the cast as the lead singer of “the hottest boyband on the planet.” In October 2022, Ella Rubin was revealed to be playing Hathaway’s daughter and that principal photography had commenced. Following shortly after that announcement Annie Mumolo, Reid Scott, Perry Mattfeld and Jordan Aaron Hall were revealed to have joined the cast as well as Jaiden Anthony, Raymond Cham, Vik White and Dakota Adam as the rest of the band Galitzine fronts.
Filming took place in the Georgia cities of Atlanta, Savannah and surrounding areas in October 2022.
Release
The Idea of You had its world premiere at South by Southwest as the closing-night film on March 16, 2024. It is scheduled to be released as an Amazon Prime Video exclusive on May 2, 2024.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 90% of 21 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.5/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 77 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating “generally favorable” reviews.
Grazia described the film as being based on Harry Styles fan fiction. Vogue described the plot as a “socio-cultural commentary about aging and a woman’s worth”.
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