A very emotional story of love and growth that had me in tears.
Connie Britton plays a warm and loving mom in this film about both grief, loss and finding one's self. There were the most natural moments between mother Elizabeth Rose and her adult daughter Alex, played by Sofia Carson, especially after Alex finds out her mother's cancer is back.
Single mom and founder/CEO of Rose cosmetics dies, and at the reading of the will boy her boys get what they expect...but her daughter-in-law is put in charge of her company and not her daughter Alex. Alex is instead is fired from her mom's company and given a very personal mission. While doing some death cleaning, Elizabeth finds a list that her daughter wrote when she was thirteen. It was a list of her life goals, with items like be the best teacher, do stand up comedy on amateur night, read Moby Dick, get a tattoo, find her true love, make peace with her dad, etc. Elizabeth made a dvd explaining that she thinks her daughter is settling and playing it safe and she wants her to live and realize her potential. She explains that for every item on the list she checks off, she will get a new dvd of her mom with the ultimate red envelope containing her true inheritance if she completes them all before New Year's Eve.
This starts Alex on an interesting journey of self discovery.
I enjoyed the family members and Alex's interactions with them and everyone else she encounters. I appreciated her mom's four questions for knowing if your person is the one and I enjoyed two personal journeys...the one with her father and the one with her lawyer.
My favorite line in the film actually came from her eldest brother who pointed out how do you think their dad felt or the two brothers felt about the close bond (private club) between Alex and their mom. I really enjoyed that revelation because it is easy for people to get caught up in their own drama and not think about other's perspectives.
I loved her out of the box teaching and the highlight of a women's shelter. I guess you could say that there was a lot that I liked about this film. This is not a lighthearted film by any means, but I think fellow romantics will appreciate the love story and the self growth. The list is such a cute idea and getting to see the mom throughout the film via the dvds after her death really gave the film a lot of emotional impact (and you could say added the heart to the film).
I think this is a film I will be rewatching and that I can recommend especially to romantics.
Single mom and founder/CEO of Rose cosmetics dies, and at the reading of the will boy her boys get what they expect...but her daughter-in-law is put in charge of her company and not her daughter Alex. Alex is instead is fired from her mom's company and given a very personal mission. While doing some death cleaning, Elizabeth finds a list that her daughter wrote when she was thirteen. It was a list of her life goals, with items like be the best teacher, do stand up comedy on amateur night, read Moby Dick, get a tattoo, find her true love, make peace with her dad, etc. Elizabeth made a dvd explaining that she thinks her daughter is settling and playing it safe and she wants her to live and realize her potential. She explains that for every item on the list she checks off, she will get a new dvd of her mom with the ultimate red envelope containing her true inheritance if she completes them all before New Year's Eve.
This starts Alex on an interesting journey of self discovery.
I enjoyed the family members and Alex's interactions with them and everyone else she encounters. I appreciated her mom's four questions for knowing if your person is the one and I enjoyed two personal journeys...the one with her father and the one with her lawyer.
My favorite line in the film actually came from her eldest brother who pointed out how do you think their dad felt or the two brothers felt about the close bond (private club) between Alex and their mom. I really enjoyed that revelation because it is easy for people to get caught up in their own drama and not think about other's perspectives.
I loved her out of the box teaching and the highlight of a women's shelter. I guess you could say that there was a lot that I liked about this film. This is not a lighthearted film by any means, but I think fellow romantics will appreciate the love story and the self growth. The list is such a cute idea and getting to see the mom throughout the film via the dvds after her death really gave the film a lot of emotional impact (and you could say added the heart to the film).
I think this is a film I will be rewatching and that I can recommend especially to romantics.
- cgvsluis
- Aug 27, 2025