The Idea of You Trivia | 28 facts about the movie

The Idea of You is a 2024 American romantic comedy based on the novel of the same name by Robinne Lee.

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1. The Idea of You is a 2024 American romantic comedy film.
2. It was directed by Michael Showalter.
3. He co-wrote with Jennifer Westfeldt.
4. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Robinne Lee.
5. Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine star in the movie.
6. It chronicles the love affair between a single mother and the lead singer of a popular boy band.
7. The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 16, 2024.
8. It is scheduled to be released by Amazon MGM Studios via Prime Video on May 2, 2024.
9. Fans believe the romance novel was inspired by Harry Styles because Hayes Campbell is a young, British musician who is the lead singer of his group August Moon, much like the former One Direction singer.
10. Harry and Hayes also share the same taste in women, as the “Watermelon Sugar” singer dated Olivia Wilde, who is 10 years older than he is.
11. The Idea of You, a popular romance novel that many believe was inspired by Harry Styles.
12. That’s because it follows a divorced mom who embarks on a passionate love affair with a pop star during a music festival.
13. Anne Hathaway (Sophie) and Nicholas Galitzine (Hayes) both starred in adaptations of Cinderella. Hathaway in Ella Enchanted (2004) and Galitzine in Cinderella (2021).
14. Its running time is 115 minutes.
15. In December 2018, it was announced that an adaptation of the Robinne Lee novel The Idea of You had been opted by Welle Entertainment with Cathy Schulman and Gabrielle Union producing.
16. Union named the book amongst her ten favourite of all time in 2018.
17. Union and Lee have been friends since the early 2000s.
18. Lee, Eric Hayes, Belle Hope Dayne, and Jordana Mollick also serve as producers.
19. In June 2021 it was revealed that Jennifer Westfelft had adapted the novel and Anne Hathaway was cast in the starring role.
20. In August 2022 Michael Showalter was confirmed as director.
21. In September 2022 Nicholas Galitzine was added to the cast as the lead singer of “the hottest boyband on the planet.”
22. In October 2022, Ella Rubin was revealed to be playing Hathaway’s daughter and that principal photography had commenced.
23. Following shortly after that announcement Annie Mumolo, Reid Scott, Perry Mattfeld and Jordan Aaron Hall were revealed to have joined the cast as well as Jaiden Anthony, Raymond Cham, Vik White and Dakota Adam as the rest of the band Galitzine fronts.
24. Filming took place in the Georgia cities of Atlanta, Savannah and surrounding areas in October 2022.
25. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 95% of 19 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.6/10.
26. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 77 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating “generally favorable” reviews.
27. Grazia described the film as being based on Harry Styles fan fiction.
28. Vogue described the plot as a “socio-cultural commentary about aging and a woman’s worth”.