Come See Me in the Good Light (2025)
Movie · 2025 · Documentary · 1h 44m · R · English
Curator score: 8.3/10 (22.7K ratings)
Tagline: A love story in the face of loss.
In an intimate and joyful story of love in the face of loss, celebrated poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley find strength—and unexpected hilarity—in what might be their final year together.
Ratings:
- Curator score: 8.3/10
- IMDb: 7.6/10
- Letterboxd: 3.94/5
- Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
- Metacritic: 81
- TMDB: 7.5/10
Director: Ryan White
Production: Tripod Media, Amplify Pictures, Something Fierce Productions
Cast: Andrea Gibson, Megan Falley, Heather Mann, Emily Clay, Bethy Leonardi, Meaux Staley-Leonardi, Jill Alldredge, Karen Raforth, Mandy Buckner, Tig Notaro
Where to watch: Apple TV Plus
Curator Review
Verdict: A moving, intimate documentary that pairs terminal illness with wit, tenderness, and queer love. It sounds especially affecting if you respond to poetry, candid relationship portraits, and films that find humor inside grief rather than outside it.
Best for: viewers who like emotionally direct documentaries; fans of queer love stories; people drawn to poetry and spoken-word performance; audiences who appreciate grief stories with warmth and humor; viewers seeking a cathartic cry
Skip if: you want a plot-driven documentary; you prefer observational distance over emotional intimacy; you avoid films centered on illness and mortality; you’re not in the mood for a tearjerker
Overview: Ryan White’s film appears to be built around the kind of subjects that can carry a documentary almost by sheer force of personality, and here that force is considerable. Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley bring humor, tenderness, and a startling openness to a story about living with the knowledge that time is running out.
Worth noting: What makes the film stand out is its tonal balance. It is clearly about loss, but it is not defined by despair; the joy is real, the jokes land, and the love feels lived-in rather than polished for the camera. That combination gives the film its emotional charge.
Bottom line: The documentary seems most powerful when it lets poetry do what poetry does best: name the unnameable without flattening it. If you’re receptive to intimate, character-led nonfiction and don’t mind being wrecked a little, this is likely to stay with you.
Top Letterboxd reviews:
- The Hound: "Anybody who thinks poetry is frivolous has never needed someone to tell them something devastating, beautifully."
- BrandonHabes: Imagine, when a human dies,the soul misses the body, actually grievesthe loss of its hands and all they could hold.
Misses the throat closing shyreading out loud on the first day of school.Imagine the soul misses the stubbed toe,the loose tooth, the funny bone.
The soul still asks, why does the funny bone do that? It’s just weird.
Imagine the soul misses the thirsty garden cheekswatered by grief. Misses how the body could sleepthrough… more
- julija: the sisyphus mailbox
- James (Schaffrillas): They talked about wanting to make it to 50 but they were a month short 😭
- coolguytim: there’s more life to live when little life is left
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Topics: documentary, queer romance, poetry, terminal illness, grief, intimate portrait, emotional, hopeful, spoken word, tearjerker
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Come See Me in the Good Light (2025)
Movie · 2025 · Documentary · 1h 44m · R · English
Curator score: 8.3/10 (22.7K ratings)
A love story in the face of loss.
Overview In an intimate and joyful story of love in the face of loss, celebrated poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley find strength—and unexpected hilarity—in what might be their final year together.
Ratings
Curator score: 8.3/10
IMDb: 7.6/10
Letterboxd: 3.94/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
Metacritic: 81
TMDB: 7.5/10
Production Tripod Media, Amplify Pictures, Something Fierce Productions
Cast Andrea Gibson, Megan Falley, Heather Mann, Emily Clay, Bethy Leonardi, Meaux Staley-Leonardi, Jill Alldredge, Karen Raforth, Mandy Buckner, Tig Notaro
Where to watch Apple TV Plus
Curator Review
Verdict
A moving, intimate documentary that pairs terminal illness with wit, tenderness, and queer love. It sounds especially affecting if you respond to poetry, candid relationship portraits, and films that find humor inside grief rather than outside it.
Best for
viewers who like emotionally direct documentaries
fans of queer love stories
people drawn to poetry and spoken-word performance
audiences who appreciate grief stories with warmth and humor
viewers seeking a cathartic cry
Skip if
you want a plot-driven documentary
you prefer observational distance over emotional intimacy
you avoid films centered on illness and mortality
you’re not in the mood for a tearjerker
Overview
Ryan White’s film appears to be built around the kind of subjects that can carry a documentary almost by sheer force of personality, and here that force is considerable. Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley bring humor, tenderness, and a startling openness to a story about living with the knowledge that time is running out.
Worth noting
What makes the film stand out is its tonal balance. It is clearly about loss, but it is not defined by despair; the joy is real, the jokes land, and the love feels lived-in rather than polished for the camera. That combination gives the film its emotional charge.
Bottom line
The documentary seems most powerful when it lets poetry do what poetry does best: name the unnameable without flattening it. If you’re receptive to intimate, character-led nonfiction and don’t mind being wrecked a little, this is likely to stay with you.
Top Letterboxd reviews
The Hound (5★) · 1107 likes
"Anybody who thinks poetry is frivolous has never needed someone to tell them something devastating, beautifully."
BrandonHabes (4★) · 865 likes
Imagine, when a human dies,the soul misses the body, actually grievesthe loss of its hands and all they could hold.
Misses the throat closing shyreading out loud on the first day of school.Imagine the soul misses the stubbed toe,the loose tooth, the funny bone.
The soul still asks, why does the funny bone do that? It’s just weird.
Imagine the soul misses the thirsty garden cheekswatered by grief. Misses how the body could sleepthrough… more
julija (5★) · 701 likes
the sisyphus mailbox
James (Schaffrillas) (3.5★) · 545 likes
They talked about wanting to make it to 50 but they were a month short 😭
coolguytim (4★) · 496 likes
there’s more life to live when little life is left
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Topics
documentary, queer romance, poetry, terminal illness, grief, intimate portrait, emotional, hopeful, spoken word, tearjerker
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