by Alex Billington
May 21, 2026
Source: YouTube
“I am his mother!” “Well then fight like one!” HBO has unveiled the trailer for a grief film titled Miss You, Love You, an awkward dark comedy with plenty of emotional drama. This film is releasing for streaming starting at the end of May for anyone to watch on HBO Max if you’re curious. Miss You, Love You is written and directed by comedy actor Jim Rash, his latest since directing Downhill a few years ago. A widow plans her husband’s funeral. Her estranged son sends assistant instead of coming himself. She ends up bonding with him instead. As they fumble through grief & their strange, darkly funny circumstances, buried secrets & long-held resentments surface, but their partnership becomes an unlikely conduit for connection, laughter, healing for this mom and her new “surrogate son”. Starring Allison Janney as Diane Patterson, Andrew Rannells as Jamie Simms, with Bonnie Hunt, Suzy Nakamura, Oscar Nuñez, & Lisa Schurga. This actually looks really good – plenty of heated arguments that ultimately seem necessary despite their veracity.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Jim Rash’s film Miss You, Love You, from HBO Max’s YouTube:
“Friendship grows in unexpected places.” A blunt, grieving widow, Diane Patterson (Allison Janney) is forced to plan her husband’s funeral with a total stranger: her estranged son’s assistant, named Jamie Simms (Andrew Rannells). As they fumble through grief and their strange, darkly funny circumstances, buried secrets and long-held resentments surface, but their partnership becomes an unlikely conduit for connection, laughter, and healing for this mother and her unexpected surrogate son. Miss You, Love You is written directed by the American actor / writer / filmmaker Jim Rash, director of the films The Way Way Back and Downhill previously, plus a few episodes of “Community”. Produced by Kevin Walsh, Nat Faxon, Gigi Pritzker, and Rachel Shane for Madison Wells. HBO releases Jim Rash’s Miss You, Love You movie streaming on HBO Max directly starting May 29th, 2026 coming up. Look good? Anyone want to watch?
