Overview
- The original Netflix rom‑com written and directed by Leah McKendrick has climbed the platform’s Top 10 and drawn large early viewership that industry coverage described as a breakout streaming hit.
- Audiences have rated the film exceptionally highly on aggregator sites, with coverage citing roughly a 91% audience score while critics’ scores sit in the mid‑80s.
- Zoey Deutch’s lead performance and her on‑screen chemistry with Nick Robinson are singled out across reviews as the movie’s chief strengths.
- Several critics and commentators have praised the film’s emotional core about sisterhood and grief while also calling attention to ethical unease around the premise of a reassigned voicemail number and the lead’s invasive behavior.
- Director Leah McKendrick has said the story was inspired by her relationship with her sister and critics note the San Francisco setting, specific music choices, and production details as important tonal anchors that shape audience reactions.