# Oh, Hi!

**Oh, Hi!** is a 2025 American dark romantic comedy directed by Sophie Brooks, in which a couple's first weekend getaway goes wrong when Isaac ([Logan Lerman](https://www.edgepedia.org/logan-lerman)) tells Iris ([Molly Gordon](https://www.edgepedia.org/molly-gordon)) he does not want a serious relationship while he is still handcuffed to a bed, and Iris decides to keep him tied up until he can be convinced they belong together.<sup>[1](https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/ohhi)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[2](https://time.com/7305647/oh-hi-movie-ending/)</sup> The film premiered at the 2025 [Sundance Film Festival](https://www.edgepedia.org/sundance-film-festival) and was released in theaters by Sony Pictures Classics on July 25, 2025.<sup>[3](https://www.sundance.org/blogs/oh-hi-comically-confronts-the-pitfalls-of-modern-dating/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[4](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Oh-Hi-%282025%29)</sup>

| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Director and writers | Written and directed by Sophie Brooks, from a story developed by Brooks and Molly Gordon<sup>[3](https://www.sundance.org/blogs/oh-hi-comically-confronts-the-pitfalls-of-modern-dating/)</sup> |
| Cast | Molly Gordon (Iris), Logan Lerman (Isaac), Geraldine Viswanathan (Max), John Reynolds (Kenny), David Cross (Steve), Polly Draper (Mom)<sup>[5](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/oh-hi-film-review)</sup> |
| Premiere | World premiere January 26, 2025 at Eccles Theatre, Park City, in the Sundance Film Festival's Premieres section<sup>[3](https://www.sundance.org/blogs/oh-hi-comically-confronts-the-pitfalls-of-modern-dating/)</sup> |
| Theatrical release | July 25, 2025 (wide, 866 theaters) by Sony Pictures Classics; R rating for sexual content/some nudity and language<sup>[4](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Oh-Hi-%282025%29)</sup> |
| Box office | $2,082,114 domestic, $5,570 international, $2,087,684 worldwide; opening weekend $1,151,572<sup>[4](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Oh-Hi-%282025%29)</sup> |
| Critical scores | Metacritic metascore 62 from 26 reviews; Rotten Tomatoes 64% from 134 reviews<sup>[6](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/oh-hi%21/critic-reviews/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/oh_hi)</sup> |
| Home release | Digital and DVD on August 26, 2025; streaming on Netflix in the United States from November 22, 2025<sup>[4](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Oh-Hi-%282025%29)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[8](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/netflix/netflix-just-added-a-romantic-comedy-movie-you-probably-missed-in-theaters-and-i-didnt-expect-the-dark-twist)</sup> |

## Spoilers

### Premise

Iris and Isaac, a couple who have been dating for four months, take their first weekend trip together to a rented house in upstate New York.<sup>[9](https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/oh-hi-molly-gordon-review-20774714.php)</sup> After they find bondage gear in a closet and Isaac is handcuffed to the bed, he reveals after they have slept together that he is not interested in a serious relationship and has been seeing other women.<sup>[2](https://time.com/7305647/oh-hi-movie-ending/)</sup> Instead of releasing him, Iris keeps him restrained and turns the weekend into a last-ditch effort to prove they are meant to be together.<sup>[1](https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/ohhi)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[2](https://time.com/7305647/oh-hi-movie-ending/)</sup>

The situation pulls in Iris's friend Max and Max's boyfriend Kenny, who arrive and respond to what is essentially a criminal situation with unhelpful advice.<sup>[10](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/07/24/oh-hi-molly-gordon-logan-lerman/)</sup> Critics repeatedly compared the setup to *Misery*, though reviewers noted the film declines to make Iris a villain and instead examines the word "crazy" as an accusation often directed at women.<sup>[2](https://time.com/7305647/oh-hi-movie-ending/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[11](https://apnews.com/article/af67d890438f7e7d1e73b61a0416522e)</sup>

## Production

Sophie Brooks wrote the screenplay in two and a half weeks in March 2020, after her agent asked for something she could film during the COVID-19 pandemic, and developed the story over a weekend with Molly Gordon, a friend of six years who was then stuck in Los Angeles with her.<sup>[12](https://www.netflixmovies.com/oh-hi-2025)</sup> Brooks said the project "came out of COVID dread"; the film took four and a half years to reach the screen.<sup>[3](https://www.sundance.org/blogs/oh-hi-comically-confronts-the-pitfalls-of-modern-dating/)</sup>

**Casting unlocked the financing.** Although Brooks and Gordon began writing in 2020, the film could not move into production until Logan Lerman joined in early 2024, at which point it gained enough funding; Lerman accepted the role and shooting began six months later. He said several actors had passed on the part of Isaac before he was offered it.<sup>[13](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/movies/logan-lerman-oh-hi-interview-2025/)</sup> The film was shot in New York, New York.<sup>[4](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Oh-Hi-%282025%29)</sup> It is Brooks's second feature, after her 2017 debut *The Boy Downstairs*.<sup>[14](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/27/oh-hi-movie-review)</sup> Production companies included Cliffbrook Films, QWGmire, and Watermark Media, with [Sony Pictures Classics](https://www.edgepedia.org/sony-pictures-classics) acquiring worldwide distribution rights in March 2025.<sup>[15](https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/oh-hi-release-date-trailer-cast-plot-and-everything-we-know-about-the-molly-gordon-comedy)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[16](https://www.screendaily.com/news/spc-takes-worldwide-rights-to-sophie-brooks-sundance-dark-rom-com-oh-hi/5202977.article)</sup>

Brooks has said that when working on the film, her second feature, she was inspired by [Joachim Trier](https://www.edgepedia.org/joachim-trier)'s 2021 film *The Worst Person in the World* to write a rom-com with a twist of darkness that kept the genre's conventions while saying something authentic about modern dating.<sup>[2](https://time.com/7305647/oh-hi-movie-ending/)</sup>

## Release and box office

The film premiered at Sundance on January 26, 2025, and Sony Pictures Classics acquired worldwide rights the following March.<sup>[3](https://www.sundance.org/blogs/oh-hi-comically-confronts-the-pitfalls-of-modern-dating/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[16](https://www.screendaily.com/news/spc-takes-worldwide-rights-to-sophie-brooks-sundance-dark-rom-com-oh-hi/5202977.article)</sup> It opened wide on July 25, 2025 in 866 theaters, earning $1,151,572 on opening weekend, 55.3 percent of its eventual total gross.<sup>[4](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Oh-Hi-%282025%29)</sup> Weekly grosses fell sharply thereafter, and the run ended after seven weeks with $2,082,114 domestic and $5,570 from a limited release in Australia, for a worldwide total of $2,087,684.<sup>[4](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Oh-Hi-%282025%29)</sup>

**Home and streaming.** Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the film digitally and on DVD on August 26, 2025.<sup>[4](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Oh-Hi-%282025%29)</sup> It began streaming on Netflix in the United States on November 22, 2025, where commentary noted it reached a larger audience than its theatrical run had.<sup>[8](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/netflix/netflix-just-added-a-romantic-comedy-movie-you-probably-missed-in-theaters-and-i-didnt-expect-the-dark-twist)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[17](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/oh-hi)</sup>

## Reception

On Metacritic the film scored 62, "Generally Favorable", from 26 critic reviews, with 15 positive, 10 mixed, and 1 negative.<sup>[6](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/oh-hi%21/critic-reviews/)</sup> Rotten Tomatoes reported 64 percent from 134 critics and 65 percent from audiences, with a critics consensus that the film's tonal balance can be as dysfunctional as its characters' relationship but that it mostly amuses thanks to Gordon and Lerman's compatibility.<sup>[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/oh_hi)</sup>

Reviewers divided over the same elements. The Seattle Times called it "incisive, insightful and very funny", and The Washington Post praised it as a master class in keeping a one-joke concept alive over 90 minutes.<sup>[6](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/oh-hi%21/critic-reviews/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[10](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/07/24/oh-hi-molly-gordon-logan-lerman/)</sup> The Associated Press described it as an over-the-top, *Misery*-styled meditation on gender cliches in heterosexual dating.<sup>[6](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/oh-hi%21/critic-reviews/)</sup> Mick LaSalle of the [San Francisco Chronicle](https://www.edgepedia.org/san-francisco-chronicle) argued the premise and story were weak but that Gordon's performance held the film together, and WBUR's Sean Burns criticized the characters' illogical behavior and the film's camera work.<sup>[9](https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/oh-hi-molly-gordon-review-20774714.php)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[18](https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/07/24/oh-hi-sophie-brooks-molly-gordon-film-review)</sup> Several critics placed the film within a 2025 cluster of relationship dramas with dark edges, alongside *Materialists*, *Splitsville*, and *Together*.<sup>[5](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/oh-hi-film-review)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[19](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/movies/anti-romantic-comedy-movie-trend/)</sup>

## References

1. [OH, HI | Sony Pictures Entertainment](https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/ohhi)
2. [Breaking Down the Unconventional Rom-Com Ending of Oh, Hi!, Time](https://time.com/7305647/oh-hi-movie-ending/)
3. ["Oh, Hi!" Comically Confronts the Pitfalls of Modern Dating, Sundance Institute](https://www.sundance.org/blogs/oh-hi-comically-confronts-the-pitfalls-of-modern-dating/)
4. [Oh, Hi! (2025) - Box Office and Financial Information, The Numbers](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Oh-Hi-%282025%29)
5. [Oh, Hi! movie review & film summary, RogerEbert.com](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/oh-hi-film-review)
6. [Oh, Hi! critic reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/oh-hi%21/critic-reviews/)
7. [Oh, Hi! | Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/oh_hi)
8. [Netflix just added a romantic comedy movie you (probably) missed in theaters, Tom's Guide](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/netflix/netflix-just-added-a-romantic-comedy-movie-you-probably-missed-in-theaters-and-i-didnt-expect-the-dark-twist)
9. [Review: 'Oh, Hi!' is a movie that has no business working, but it does, San Francisco Chronicle](https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/oh-hi-molly-gordon-review-20774714.php)
10. [Love and insecurity are the ties that bind in 'Oh, Hi!', The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/07/24/oh-hi-molly-gordon-logan-lerman/)
11. [Movie Review: A dark comedy about modern dating in sharp, (knowingly) silly 'Oh, Hi!', AP News](https://apnews.com/article/af67d890438f7e7d1e73b61a0416522e)
12. [Oh, Hi! (2025) on Netflix, NetflixMovies.com](https://www.netflixmovies.com/oh-hi-2025)
13. [Logan Lerman Knows How to Play the Game, Marie Claire](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/movies/logan-lerman-oh-hi-interview-2025/)
14. [Oh, Hi! review, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/27/oh-hi-movie-review)
15. [Oh, Hi!: release date, reviews, trailer, cast, plot, WhatToWatch](https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/oh-hi-release-date-trailer-cast-plot-and-everything-we-know-about-the-molly-gordon-comedy)
16. [SPC takes worldwide rights to Sophie Brooks' Sundance dark rom-com 'Oh, Hi', Screen Daily](https://www.screendaily.com/news/spc-takes-worldwide-rights-to-sophie-brooks-sundance-dark-rom-com-oh-hi/5202977.article)
17. [Oh, Hi! streaming: where to watch movie online?, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/oh-hi)
18. [Comedy 'Oh, Hi!' is as dysfunctional as the relationship it portrays, WBUR](https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/07/24/oh-hi-sophie-brooks-molly-gordon-film-review)
19. [The Rom-Com Is Having an Identity Crisis, Marie Claire](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/movies/anti-romantic-comedy-movie-trend/)

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