# Irreplaceable You > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Irreplaceable_You > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Irreplaceable_You.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreplaceable_You > Source revision: 1340153069 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2018 American film Irreplaceable You Film poster Directed by Stephanie Laing Written by Bess Wohl Produced by Farah Abushwesha Christie Colliopoulos Matt Kaplan Buzz Koenig Jonathan Tropper Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw Michiel Huisman Brian Tyree Henry Steve Coogan Timothy Simons Jacki Weaver Kate McKinnon Christopher Walken Tamara Tunie Cinematography Magdalena Górka Music by Lesley Barber Production companies ACE Tropper Ink Productions Rocliffe Productions PYPO Opposite Field Pictures The Exchange Distributed by Netflix Release date February 16, 2018 (2018-02-16) Running time 96 minutes Country United States Language English ***Irreplaceable You*** is a 2018 American [romantic](/source/Romance_film) [comedy-drama film](/source/Comedy-drama_film) directed by [Stephanie Laing](/source/Stephanie_Laing) and written by [Bess Wohl](/source/Bess_Wohl). The film stars [Gugu Mbatha-Raw](/source/Gugu_Mbatha-Raw) and [Michiel Huisman](/source/Michiel_Huisman).[1] It was released by [Netflix](/source/Netflix) on February 16, 2018.[2] ## Plot Abbie and Sam have been best friends since childhood and are engaged to be married. Their lives come crashing down when Abbie is given a terminal cancer diagnosis. Faced with the prospect of an uncertain timeline, Abbie begins a search for a new love to take care of Sam. Along the way, Abbie makes unlikely friendships with three patients whose one thing in common is that they focus on living while they are dying. Abbie dies at the end without having lived up to her potential, yet manages to come to terms with her situation and with those she is leaving behind. ## Cast - [Gugu Mbatha-Raw](/source/Gugu_Mbatha-Raw) as Abbie - [Celeste O'Connor](/source/Celeste_O'Connor) as Teen Abbie - Alyssa Cheatham as Young Abbie - [Michiel Huisman](/source/Michiel_Huisman) as Sam - [Sawyer Barth](/source/Sawyer_Barth) as Teen Sam - Zachary Hernandez as Young Sam - [Christopher Walken](/source/Christopher_Walken) as Myron - [Brian Tyree Henry](/source/Brian_Tyree_Henry) as Benji - [Steve Coogan](/source/Steve_Coogan) as Mitch - [Timothy Simons](/source/Timothy_Simons) as Dominic - [Tamara Tunie](/source/Tamara_Tunie) as Abbie's mother, Jane - [Jacki Weaver](/source/Jacki_Weaver) as Estelle - [Merritt Wever](/source/Merritt_Wever) as Mindy - [Gayle Rankin](/source/Gayle_Rankin) as Mira - [Kate McKinnon](/source/Kate_McKinnon) as Glass Half Full Kate - [Jessie Ennis](/source/Jessie_Ennis) as Melanie - [Glenn Fleshler](/source/Glenn_Fleshler) as Mean Phil ## Reception On [review aggregator](/source/Review_aggregator) website [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes), the film has an approval rating of 33% based on 18 reviews, and an average rating of 5.2/10.[3] On [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic), the film has a weighted average score of 34 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.[4] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Ford, Rebecca (February 28, 2017). ["Christopher Walken, Steve Coogan Join 'Irreplaceable You' (Exclusive)"](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/christopher-walken-steve-coogan-join-irreplaceable-you-981591). *[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)*. [Prometheus Global Media](/source/Prometheus_Global_Media). Retrieved September 15, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Budowski, Jade (January 23, 2018). ["Netflix February 2018: Complete List Of Netflix Movies, Netflix Shows, Netflix Originals, And More"](https://decider.com/2018/01/23/whats-new-on-netflix-february-2018/). *[Decider](/source/New_York_Post)*. Retrieved January 23, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Irreplaceable You (2018)"](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/irreplaceable_you). *[Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes)*. [Fandango](/source/Fandango_Media). Retrieved April 20, 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Irreplaceable You Reviews"](http://www.metacritic.com/movie/irreplaceable-you). *[Metacritic](/source/Metacritic)*. [CBS Interactive](/source/CBS_Interactive). Retrieved March 20, 2018. ## External links - *[Irreplaceable You](https://www.netflix.com/title/80184625)* on [Netflix](/source/Netflix) - [*Irreplaceable You*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6119856/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Stephanie Laing Irreplaceable You (2018) Family Squares (2022) Tow (2025) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Irreplaceable You](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreplaceable_You) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreplaceable_You?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.