The Best You Can

2025 1h 43m EN

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 57

ComedyRomanceDrama

Synopsis

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Cynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advancing age on their relationship, just as her world is turned upside down by the arrival of sharp but chronically underachieving security guard Stan Olszewski in this smart rom-com that reunites Bacon and Sedgwick on screen for the first time in 20 years.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kyra Sedgwick
Cynthia Rand
Kevin Bacon
Stan Olszewski
Judd Hirsch
Walter Rand
Brittany O'Grady
Sammi
Olivia Luccardi
CJ Moretti
Meera Rohit Kumbhani
Pramila Mahesh
Ray Romano
Doug Finkelman
Pennie Diamond Quintana
Mrs. Lifford

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael J. Weithorn
Writers: Michael J. Weithorn
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released last year.

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AWARDS

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Directed by Michael J. Weithorn, shot by Andrew Wonder. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Kurt Farquhar. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Tricia Holmes shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon and Judd Hirsch carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt30150769 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 57 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael J. Weithorn directs. Andrew Wonder behind the camera. Kurt Farquhar scores. Tricia Holmes cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released last year.
2Directed by Michael J. Weithorn, shot by Andrew Wonder. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Kurt Farquhar. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Tricia Holmes shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon and Judd Hirsch carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt30150769 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 57 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.