Overview
- The film premiered at Sundance earlier this year and began streaming on HBO/HBO Max with a televised debut Friday, May 29 at 8 p.m. ET.
- Miss You, Love You centers on Diane, a grieving widow, and Jamie, her estranged son’s assistant, who spend a tense week together in a largely single‑location story that avoids major plot spoilers.
- Writer‑director Jim Rash says the premise grew from his real‑life experience at his father’s funeral and the project was originally written as a play.
- Production was compact and theatrical: the leads spent a month rehearsing a dialogue‑dense script and the movie was shot in long takes over a 17‑day schedule in New Mexico.
- Early reviews praise Janney’s power and Rannells’ vulnerability while noting strong small roles from Bonnie Hunt and Oscar Nuñez and highlighting the film as an example of festival indie work finding a broader streaming audience.