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Irreplaceable You

2018 · Netflix · Netflix Original

FAIL

Summary

After Abbie learns that she has cancer, she begins searching for a future partner for her fiancé Sam. Her plans collide with the people around her and the reality of her illness.

Why it fails

Are they allowed to live?

The film sentimentalizes death through selfless matchmaking/letting go.

Does the medical reality hold up?

Cancer progression is mostly terminal-romance shorthand.