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Perhaps the most interesting fact about Adam Brooks’s Netflix release “The Life List” (2025) is that it was based on a novel. That novel—Lori Nelson Spielman’s 2013 bestseller—was translated into 27 languages across 30 countries, a level of international success that makes the film’s lifeless adaptation even more baffling. A minor character in the movie quips, “There are facts, and then there’s what’s true,” but the truth here is that this narrative is so superficial and weirdly tedious that it never makes for compelling viewing.

The film opens with Alex, the privileged daughter of a wealthy woman dying of cancer, who abandons her passion to take up a role in her mother’s company. After her mother’s death, Alex is stunned to learn that she has been fired and temporarily cut off from her inheritance. The catch? She can only claim what’s hers once she...

What was on your bucket list when you were 13 years old? For Alex in Netflix’s new film “The Life List,” those items are the key to getting her inheritance from her mom (who you’ll definitely recognize).

Now streaming, the movie centers on Alex and her family after their matriarch, played by Connie Britton, dies. While Elizabeth made things easy on most of her kids in her will, it was her dying wish that in order for Alex to receive her inheritance, she must complete the bucket list she first wrote when she was a young teenager.

What follows is a pretty sweet adventure, leading Alex to play one-on-one with a former NBA star, step outside her comfort zone, and more.

Here’s who you’ll need to know in the film.

Sofia Carson as Alex in The Life List. Cr. Nicole Rivelli/Netflix © 2025. Alex (Sofia Carson)

Alex is the closest to her mom,...

Sofia Carson takes center stage in “The Life Lists,” a movie that aims to tug at the heartstrings from the get-go, focusing all its emotional power on Carson and her character’s personal journey.

“The Life List” falls into the category of self-discovery films that audiences tend to love and critics, as a rule, often tear apart without much mercy. Directed by Adam Brooks, who also penned the screenplay, “The Life List” is based on the novel of the same name by Lori Nelson Spielman. The film follows Alex Rose (Carson), a woman in her thirties who finds herself at a crossroads, forced to reassess the direction of her life when she inherits an unusual task from her late mother: completing a “life list” she wrote when she was 13 years old.

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The Cast

Alongside Sofia Carson as Alex Rose, the cast features Connie Britton as Elizabeth,...

With smarter streamlining, “The Life List” could’ve been impactful. As is, the two-hour-plus Netflix original suffers by attempting to blend two predictable storylines into one: a reductive romantic search for The One crammed in alongside a drama about a directionless woman encouraged by her dead mother to rediscover her joie de vivre in order to claim her inheritance. Not only does its narrative momentum stall all too frequently, but our heroine’s completion quests lack the basics to deliver rousing feelings. Worse still, it’s frustratingly more concerned with telling us how she’s financially able to afford having a delayed quarter-life identity crisis in New York City than it is with giving her journey toward enlightenment any genuine, satiating sense of internal transformation.

Droll Alex (Sofia Carson) is stuck in her life, only she doesn’t realize it. She bides her free time in an unglamourous city loft apartment with her longterm,...

Here’s All We Know About Sofia Carson’s The Life List (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Years may come and go, but rom-coms will always be what the audiences truly want. The Life List is the next romantic comedy released by Netflix, and the film stars Sofia Carson as the main lead. Here’s what we know about the upcoming film, including its release date, cast details, and more!

The Life List: Release Date & Cast Details

The Life List will be released on Netflix on March 28, 2025. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Lori Nelson Spielman. As for the film’s cast, Sofia Carson stars as Alex Rose, Kyle Allen plays Brad, Sebastian de Souza is Garrett, and Connie Britton essays Elizabeth.

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José Zúñiga portrays Samuel, Jordi Mollà is Johnny, Marianne Rendón plays Zoe,...

Sofia Carson in The Life List – Picture: Netflix

In March 2024, Netflix confirmed The Life List, a new romantic comedy starring Sofia Carson. The movie is due out on Netflix soon, so we’re here with everything known about it, including the full cast, production updates, plot details, and more on its release date, which is now set for March 28th.

Adam Brooks is on board to both write and direct the project. The Canadian screenwriter and director is no stranger to the romantic comedy space, having written or directed (or both) titles like Definitely, Maybe, and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, plus the Netflix Original movie Nappily Ever After, released in 2018.

This isn’t the first time The Lift List has been attempted to be brought to the big screen. Ahead of the book’s release in 2013, Fox 2000 optioned the film rights for the novel, with Hutch Parker set to produce.

YouTube commenters on the teaser for ABC’s Will Trent season three episode seven seem really convinced they’ve figured out the killer’s identity. We’ll find out if they’re right when episode seven, “Mariachi Shelly’s Frankenstein,” airs on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 8pm Et/Pt.

Ramón Rodríguez leads the cast as the titular character. Erika Christensen stars as Angie Polaski, Iantha Richardson is Faith Mitchell, Jake McLaughlin is Michael Ormewood, and Sonja Sohn is Amanda Wagner. Gina Rodriguez joins the cast as Marion Alba for season three.

“Mariachi Shelly’s Frankenstein” Plot: In the midst of a tropical storm, the Apd and Gbi race against time to clear the name of an innocent man, uncovering shocking secrets that suggest the killer may be closer than they ever thought.

Erika Christensen and Ramon Rodriguez in ‘Will Trent’ season 3 episode 7 (Disney/Zac Popik) Will Trent Series Description, Courtesy of...

This has been the best season of Will Trent, and each episode gets even better.

Spoilers for Will Trent Season 3 Episode 6 indicate that Will investigates a murder with a familiar pattern, forcing him to confront his past and that the killer stays a step ahead of them.

It also looks like the second case will be a serious one since Michael and Angie find a victim with her tongue missing, similar to John Shelley’s last victim 20 years ago.

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We enjoyed how the series lightened the arcs up a bit, but they have gone darker again. Additional spoilers tease that Marion and Will become closer, and those scenes have the potential to be light and flirtatious.

Finally, Federico Rodriguez guest stars in this episode. He is not related to Ramon Rodriquez or Gina Rodriguez but will interact with both of them.

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It looks like we’re in for a little romance with a Valentine’s week episode of ABC’s Will Trent. Season three episode six, “No Faith in Second Chances,” airing on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 8pm Et/Pt.

Ramón Rodríguez leads the cast as the titular character. Erika Christensen stars as Angie Polaski, Iantha Richardson is Faith Mitchell, Jake McLaughlin is Michael Ormewood, and Sonja Sohn is Amanda Wagner. Gina Rodriguez joins the cast as Marion Alba for season three.

“No Faith In Second Chances” Plot: Will investigates a murder with a familiar pattern, forcing him to confront his past while tracking a killer who’s always one step ahead. As the case unfolds, he begins to suspect the truth is closer—and more personal—than he ever imagined. Guest stars include Dan Gill, Federico Rodriguez, and Antwayn Hopper.

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Netflix has shared a first look at The Life List, which is an upcoming adaptation of the Lori Nelson Spielman novel of the same name. Written and directed by Adam Brooks, The Life List will begin streaming on March 28, 2025.

In the film, when Alex Rose’s (Sofia Carson) mother sends her on a quest to complete her childhood bucket list, it takes her on a journey that will make you both laugh and cry as she uncovers family secrets, finds romance, and discovers herself along the way.

The Life List is part of Netflix’s partnership with producer Liza Chasin and her 3dot Productions. The film is one part romantic comedy, one part family drama, and all about the journey of finding yourself — and seeing what happens next.

With the help of her lawyer-turned-ally (Kyle Allen), Alex sets off on a journey where she uncovers family secrets, finds romance, and...