In New York, a struggling actress (Anna Kendrick) and a successful writer (Jeremy Jordan) sing about their failed marriage from two perspectives.
The film’s song numbers follows the musical’s, alternating between Cathy and Jamie with a song or two sung by both.
“Still Hurting” – Cathy
Depressing but one of the best break-up/grief songs I’ve heard.
“Shiksa Goddess” – Jamie
I love this song, its catchy and the foreshadowing is so good.
“See I’m Smiling” – Cathy
Cathy going OFF is one of the best parts of the musical.
“Moving Too Fast” – Jamie
My favorite song of the musical.
Also the last few lines is basically what every college student feels always:
“I’m feeling panicked and rushed and hurried
I’m feeling outmaneuvered and outclassed
But I’m so happy I can’t get worried
About this singular impression
I’ve got a singular impression things are moving too fast.”
“A Part of That” – Cathy
You can almost start to forgot that things are gonna end poorly, and then you get to this song. This song makes me hurt for Cathy more than Still Hurting does.
“The Schmuel Song” – Jamie
This song is really cute. And such a lie.
“A Summer in Ohio” – Cathy
This one is really funny.
“The Next Ten Minutes” – Jamie and Cathy
The one time their timelines cross each other. Really sweet.
“A Miracle Would Happen/When You Come Home to Me” – Jamie and Cathy
Just after the wedding for him, and just before the wedding for her. The contrast hurts but “A miracle would happen” is one of my favorite refrains in the musical.
“Climbing Uphill” – Cathy
This song stresses me out, and shows the first fractures in their relationship.
“If I Didn’t Believe in You” – Jamie
Depressing as all hell, but god do you feel like Jamie has a point for just this one song. He screws it up of course, but you feel for him here.
“I Can Do Better Than That” – Cathy
A GREAT song and its on my motivational study playlist.
“Nobody Needs to Know” – Jamie
One of the best cheating songs from musicals.
“Goodbye Until Tomorrow/I Could Never Rescue You” – Cathy and Jamie
Poor Cathy is so happy and Jamie is such a dick, especially knowing what you know from “I Can Do Better Than That”.
