IRREPLACEABLE YOU (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle), Michael Huisman (The Age of Adaline), Claire Holt (47 Metres Down), Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter), Steve Coogan (Tropic Thunder), Timothy Simons (Inherent Vice), Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom), Gayle Rankin (The Greatest Showman), Brian Tyree Henry (Person to Person), Kate McKinnon (Office Christmas Party), Jessie Ennis (Helicopter Mom), Glenn Fleshler (Suburbicon),  Zachary Hernandez (The Great Gilly Hopkins), Alyssa Cheatham (Collateral Beauty), Sawyer Barth (Bridge of Spies), Celeste O’Connor (Wetlands)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Stephanie Laing (film debut), director, producer; Bess Wohl (film debut), writer; Farah Abushwesha (Don’t Hang Up) and Jonathan Tropper (Kodachrome), producers; Lesley Barber (Manchester By The Sea), composer; Magdalena Górka (Paranormal Activity 3), cinematographer; Joe Klotz (Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire) and Deirdre Slevin (Last Holiday), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Abbie (Mbatha-Raw) and Sam (Huisman) are lifelong friends and romantic soulmates whose love for one another is tested when one of them receives a diagnosis of terminal cancer…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This is a romantic but bittersweet movie that’s perfect to snuggle with your loved one on Netflix for the Valentine’s Day weekend.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 16TH FEBRUARY 2018 (EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX)

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