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The Best You Can
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The Best You Can

2025-06-07 · 103 min · ★ 7.0

Comedy · Romance · Drama

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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Directors
Michael J. Weithorn
Production companies
Fibonacci Films
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Kyra SedgwickKyra SedgwickCynthia Rand
Kevin BaconKevin BaconStan Olszewski
Judd HirschJudd HirschWalter Rand
Brittany O'GradyBrittany O'GradySammi
Olivia LuccardiOlivia LuccardiCJ Moretti
Meera Rohit KumbhaniMeera Rohit KumbhaniPramila Mahesh
Ray RomanoRay RomanoDoug Finkelman
Pennie Diamond QuintanaMrs. Lifford
Rob BenedictRob BenedictRob
Heather BurnsHeather BurnsRosemary
Victoria HillVictoria HillBetty
Misha BrooksMisha BrooksHenry Gallo
Victor WilliamsVictor WilliamsJerome
Luz OzunaLuz OzunaYolanda
Fawad SiddiquiFawad SiddiquiMatoush
Mahadeo ShivrajMahadeo ShivrajDr. Sarafzadeh
Christina MorganYoung Cynthia / High School Cynthia
George AloiMemorial Attendee
Lesley DianaValet
Roger Hendricks SimonRoger Hendricks SimonOld Man

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