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Spoiler Alert
Directed by
Michael Showalter
PG-13
2022
1h 50m
Drama
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7.4
87%
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The story of Michael Ausiello and Kit Cowan's relationship, which takes a tragic turn when Cowan is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
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Cast of Spoiler Alert
Jim Parsons
Michael Ausiello / Producer
Ben Aldridge
Kit Cowan
Sally Field
Marilyn
Bill Irwin
Bob
Josh Pais
Scott
Antoni Porowski
Sebastian
Nikki M. James
Nina
Jeffery Self
Nick
Tara Summers
Mrs. Ausiello
Winslow Bright
Kelly Roswell
Allegra Heart
Franny
Sadie Scott
Kirby
Scott Burik
Taxi Driver
Supriya Ganesh
Make-Up Artist
Eleni Yiovas
Night Nurse
Shunori Ramanathan
Dr. Lucas
Kate Pittard
Candace Baker
Paco Lozano
Judge
Christine Renee Miller
Ruth
Erica Cho
Dr. Vogt
Brody Caines
Young Michael
Michael Showalter
Director / Producer
Michael Ausiello
Writer
David Marshall Grant
Writer
Dan Savage
Writer
Alison Mo Massey
Producer
Todd Spiewak
Producer
Jordana Mollick
Producer
Spoiler Alert Ratings & Reviews
Kevin Ward
July 5, 2025
This is one of those films that’s genetically engineered specifically to make you cry. My wife even said on the way to the theater, “I can’t wait to cry.” It’s safe to say that this film delivers on that promise. Most of our audience was sniveling by the end. It’s a tender but fairly predictable romance carried by the strong performances from Jim Parsons and Ben Aldridge. Sally Field was refreshingly reserved. It would have been easy for her to have a grandiose emotionally moving scene somewhere near the ending. I was practically expecting it. But instead focus was thankfully kept on Michael and Kit. A moving love story and a really smurfin good film.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
Spoiler Alert is a delightfully effective melodrama, one that pulls few punches and isn't afraid of wearing a plethora of emotions out in the open for all to see.
RogerEbert.com
Katie Rife
This is a nice film. A sweet film. A film you can watch with your mother-in-law.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
... While it eventually finds its sweet core, its surrounded by the shards of a much more interesting story.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
A tender, inspiring story.
Boston Globe
Odie Henderson
Parsons and Aldridge have fantastic chemistry together.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
As you'd expect, Sally Field and Bill Irwin are great together as Kit's parents, who are so loving and accepting, you wonder why Kit waited so long to come out to them.
Austin Chronicle
Richard Whittaker
Spoiler Alert is at its best when it's not afraid to be mawkish, sentimental, soppy, honest, and downright charming.
Arizona Republic
KiMi Robinson
A beautifully balanced and well-paced film that knows when to be brutally honest and when to give viewers a moment of reprieve.
AV Club
Manuel Betancourt
When the film lets its guard down-namely, whenever Aldridge gets to deploy his charm as Kit or manages to let Field echo a weathered kind of Steel Magnolias screen presence-the film sings.
Washington Post
Kristen Page-Kirby
Unlike so many "illness movies" - I'm looking at you, Nicholas Sparks - Kit's life is not mined for the lessons it teaches us.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Tim Cogshell
Reaches for humor without jokes... once in a while a few films achieve that, and this is one of them.
Associated Press
Jocelyn Noveck
At times "Spoiler Alert" feels like an edgy, clever film that plays wittily on the main character's lifelong obsession with TV. At others, it feels like a more formulaic, holiday-themed tearjerker.
Observer
Emily Zemler
This is probably best to skip if you have history of helping a loved one through cancer, but for everyone else it's a solid weekend watch once it hits streaming.
Entertainment Weekly
Patrick Gomez
Showalter ultimately succeeds because he never loses focus of the heart at the core of his story.
AARP Movies for Grownups
Thelma Adams
We know from the beginning where the witty and warm Spoiler Alert is headed, but not how moving that journey will be.
New York Times
Amy Nicholson
A bigger problem is that the so-called sincere dialogue is either blunter than a soap opera ("It's his mother. He told her not to come. I've never even met the woman.") or hammier than a Hawaiian pizza ("Hey honey, I'm cancer! I mean, I'm home!")
Tribune News Service
Katie Walsh
Despite the narrative elements that are part of Michael's coping mechanisms, Aldridge and Field effectively salvage the emotional core of "Spoiler Alert," bringing us back to the heart of the matter.
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
It's heartfelt, genuine, funny and yes, terribly sad but it also celebrates love and life, even when it's dealing with a tragic illness.
Deadline Hollywood Daily
Todd McCarthy
The film challenges itself to be both amusing and emotionally involving where matters of life and death are concerned. Fortunately, it manages to more or less succeed on both counts due to its ever-ready wise-crack nature and sympathetic direction.
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