Regretting You summary, cast and family conflict

Regretting You (2025) is a romance film directed by Josh Boone. Morgan Grant and her teenage daughter Clara must rebuild their relationship after a fatal accident reveals a betrayal within their family. Grief and withheld information leave mother and daughter interpreting the same loss in different ways.

Regretting You cast and character roles

PerformerCharacter
Allison WilliamsMorgan Grant
Mckenna GraceClara Grant
Dave FrancoJonah
Mason ThamesMiller
Scott EastwoodChris Grant
Willa FitzgeraldJenny

A spoiler-light story summary

Morgan fears that Clara will repeat decisions that limited her own youth. Clara experiences her mother’s concern as control and wants the freedom to pursue her own ambitions and relationship. The accident does not make their disagreements disappear; instead, it leaves both trying to understand people they can no longer question.

The betrayal — major spoilers

The accident kills Morgan’s husband Chris and her sister Jenny. Evidence of their affair changes Morgan’s understanding of her marriage and her sister’s relationship with Jonah. Morgan and Jonah carry knowledge they hesitate to share with Clara, and that protective silence creates new misunderstandings. Clara’s relationship with Miller develops alongside the adults’ attempt to face their own history.

What the mother-daughter conflict means

Morgan cannot protect Clara from every painful truth by controlling what she knows. Clara, in turn, must learn that her mother has a private history and emotional life rather than existing only as an obstacle. The story’s movement toward reconciliation depends on greater honesty and the possibility of making new choices after betrayal.

Book and film versions

Allison Williams plays Morgan, Mckenna Grace plays Clara, Dave Franco plays Jonah and Mason Thames plays Miller in the film. The book and adaptation share the central premise but should not be treated as identical scene-by-scene accounts. This is a plot and theme summary, not a reproduction of the novel or a claim that every screen detail follows the same sequence.

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