REMINDERS OF HIM Movie Minute Review

This is Paul Salfen with your KLAK Movie Minute. In theaters now is Reminders of Him, the big screen adaptation of the popular novel by Colleen Hoover starring Maika Monroe and Tyriq Withers that’s sure to be popular with its target market. The story follows a young woman who has just been released from jail after 7 years for an alcohol-related accident that killed her boyfriend. And as it turns out, she was pregnant and the baby was taken away from her so now she wants to connect with her child and have some connection to the father. Of course this does not go well with her parents or his best friend – and gets even worse when they fall for each other. It’s a rollercoaster of emotions that deals with heartbreak, tragedy, and second chances in a very melodramatic way and even with all of the elements needed – including a solid performance by Monroe, it still for some reason fails to fully connect in a tears and triumph way that you would think would happen here. It’s a little more Hallmark and less Nicholas Sparks than it needed to be. It’s not bad but certainly isn’t the emotional home run it could have been. That’s it for this week. Join me next week and every week for another Movie Minute right here on 97.5 KLAK, AMFM MAGAZINE, and RECRD.