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The Best You Can

The Best You Can

20256.91h 43m

Overview

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.

Directed by Michael J. Weithorn
Written by Michael J. Weithorn
Produced by Victoria Hill, Andrew Mann, Kyra Sedgwick
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Top Cast

Kyra Sedgwick

Kyra Sedgwick

Cynthia Rand

Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon

Stan Olszewski

Judd Hirsch

Judd Hirsch

Walter Rand

Brittany O'Grady

Brittany O'Grady

Sammi

Olivia Luccardi

Olivia Luccardi

CJ Moretti

Meera Rohit Kumbhani

Meera Rohit Kumbhani

Pramila Mahesh

Ray Romano

Ray Romano

Doug Finkelman

P

Pennie Diamond Quintana

Mrs. Lifford

Rob Benedict

Rob Benedict

Rob

Heather Burns

Heather Burns

Rosemary

Themes & Keywords

romcom

About The Best You Can

The Best You Can is a comedy, romance, drama film released in 2025 exploring themes of romcom. Directed by Michael J. Weithorn, it stars Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Judd Hirsch. 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.

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