Universal Pictures released the trailer of Reminders of Him, and Colleen Hoover enthusiasts better be ready to see their hearts destroyed in Dolby Surround Sound. The movie version of Hoover’s 2022 bestselling novel, which alone in the United States sold more than 6 million copies, is arriving in theaters on March 13th and is bringing with it a mix of tears, small-town angst, and sappy romance that only Hoover can deliver.
From Prison Jumpsuit to Motherhood Redemption
The trailer doesn’t hesitate to bring that tone with Hoover’s gut-punching lead-off line: “There was before you and there was during you. I never thought that there would be an after you for some reason.”
Maika Monroe (Longlegs, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle) plays Kenna, who, as a young mother, makes a disastrous error that puts her behind bars. When she emerges after seven years, she is back in her Wyoming hometown, hungry to be reunited with her daughter Diem, whom she has never seen. But her efforts at redemption are rebuffed with venomous hostility from Diem’s grandparents, Grace and Patrick, played with icy gravitas by Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls) and Bradley Whitford (The Handmaid’s Tale).
When Kenna approaches Ledger (Tyriq Withers, HIM), a retired NFL player turned bar owner who is angry with a secret softness, electricity crackles in a manner that can either be their redemption or ruin.
Casting That Would Cause BookTok to Pass Out
This cast is stacked like Hoover’s novels on a TikTok bookshelf. Rudy Pankow (Outer Banks) steps in as Scotty, Diem’s late father, whose memory looms large over the story. Country superstar Lainey Wilson makes her feature debut as Amy, Kenna’s tough-love coworker, while Jennifer Robertson (Schitt’s Creek) delivers neighborly sass as Kenna’s landlord.
Newcomer Zoe Kosovic is young Diem, the emotional core of the film, while Monika Myers makes her screen debut as eccentric neighbor Lady Diana to Kenna. And filling out the nightlife of the township are Hilary Jardine and Nicholas Duvernay (The White Lotus), whose repartee lightens up otherwise dense storytelling.
Women in Charge, Tears to Come
An all-female crew may be the movie’s secret asset. Love at First Sight’s Vanessa Caswill handles directing with a sense of intimacy, while Hoover herself along with Lauren Levine (Bridge to Terabithia) co-penned the script. Hoover herself is also a producer along with Levine and Gina Matthews (13 Going on 30), who keep the movie faithful to its book-club-busting source material.
The Trailer Screams: “Grab the Tissues Now”
If the trailer is any indication, viewers would do well to stock up on tissues. Operatic Wyoming vistas overlaid against drawn-out, throbbing piano chords yield to courtroom glares, barroom brawls, and breathy-eyed “second chance” promises. Monroe’s performance appears catastrophically raw, while Withers’s Ledger brims with that reluctant-romantic spirit fans of the book have long hoped to see on screen.
Colleen Hoover’s Going to Shatter the Box Office (Again)
Following the book phenomenon that was It Ends With Us (whose film adaptation is also on tap), Hoover is set to again command both box office dollars as well as BookTok accounts. In 45 languages, Reminders of Him will now be seen as well as read, its balance of romance, suffering, and hope no doubt punching as hard on film as it does on book pages.
Circle the Date, Cancel Your Plans
Reminders of Him hits theaters March 13, 2026, just in time to wreck your eyeliner during spring time. If you like your romance with attitude then this is your movies-of-the-year moment.
