Reminders of Him had the foundation for a compelling, sappy romance led by four solid actors. So why were the capable Maika Monroe, Lauren Graham, Bradley Whitford, and Tyriq Withers (yes, even Tyriq, who hasn’t truly been provided the chance to show it) given nothing to work with? This melodramatic, emotionally draining movie read like the shallowest of soap operas, was edited like a multi-cam television show, and telegraphed overly descriptive exposition into its overly simplistic narration. Reminders trusted the audience to believe Monroe and Withers’ passable chemistry, but couldn’t trust them to understand the nuanced premise it’s too scared to show instead of tell.