The Best You Can (2025)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

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.

• Released: 2025-06-07
• Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama
• Runtime: 1h 43m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.1/10 from 56 votes

Directed by Michael J. Weithorn.

Top cast

• Kyra Sedgwick as Cynthia Rand
• Kevin Bacon as Stan Olszewski
• Judd Hirsch as Walter Rand
• Brittany O'Grady as Sammi
• Olivia Luccardi as CJ Moretti
• Meera Rohit Kumbhani as Pramila Mahesh
• Ray Romano as Doug Finkelman
• Pennie Diamond Quintana as Mrs. Lifford
• Rob Benedict as Rob
• Heather Burns as Rosemary

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Best You Can

• United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store
• India: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store
• Canada: stream on Crave, Crave Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, Amazon Video, Plex; buy on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, Amazon Video
• Australia: rent on JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Fetch TV

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