Don't Forget I Love You

6.5/10 · 1,017 ratings20211h 25mWeirdness 3/10Bingo card

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The premise

Follows Taylor, who opens a time capsule left by her deceased mother, which contains six envelopes, this will give her the push she needs in life and to help open her mind, and heart, to the possibility of love.

How unusual is it?

Honestly? Not very — and that's the charm. It plays the hits, which is exactly the point for a cozy night in.

Who’s in it

Behind the camera

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Wait, what?

The quirks and curveballs that make this one a little weirder than your average Hallmark. No spoilers, promise.

  • The protagonist's daily affirmation involves rolling anxieties into a 'tiny ball' and physically throwing them away.
  • The love interest uses the specific weight of '96 elephants' to reassure the protagonist about bridge safety.
  • A significant plot point involves 'Goat Yoga' in the middle of nowhere.
  • The protagonist's mother apparently used the exact same 'Time Capsule Challenge' to find her husband, suggesting a family tradition of dead-parent-mandated dating.

Every trope, all in one place

Here’s everything this one has going on, from the setting to the way it wraps up. Tap any of the 24 to find more movies that do the same thing.

How it all plays out

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Full story (spoilers)
Taylor is a professional organizer who manages her deep-seated anxiety through a strict regimen of daily affirmations and hyper-organization. On her 30th birthday, her father presents her with a time capsule buried by her late mother years ago. Inside are six envelopes, each containing a challenge intended to help Taylor overcome the fears that have limited her life. The first challenge is to 'Get to Know Someone New,' which leads her to properly introduce herself to her new neighbor, Josh, a disorganized college coach and widower, and his young daughter, Chloe, who suffers from similar anxieties. As Taylor helps Chloe prepare for a school presentation on elephants, she and Josh begin to bond. Subsequent challenges force Taylor to face her fears. Josh helps her complete the second challenge—facing a fear—by guiding her across a high bridge, which he reassures her can hold the weight of '96 elephants.' For the third challenge, Taylor 'plays hooky' from her business, Space to Live, to spend a day with Josh making sushi and helping him unpack. During the unpacking, she discovers an engagement ring, leading her to mistakenly believe Josh is planning to propose to Sara, his late wife's best friend. Despite her growing feelings and the heartbreak of the assumed engagement, Taylor continues her mother's list, joining a kids' basketball team for the fourth challenge and taking a spontaneous road trip to 'nowhere' with Josh for the fifth, which results in a session of goat yoga. The final challenge, 'Tell someone you love them,' proves the most difficult. After a failed attempt to 'cheat' the challenge by telling her assistant Kyle she loves him, Taylor realizes she must be honest with Josh. She visits him just as Sara is present, assuming she is witnessing a proposal. However, Taylor's father reveals that her mother actually met him by completing these same challenges, proving the system works. Taylor finally confesses her love to Josh. Josh reveals that the ring was a 'surprise' he had misplaced and that Sara was merely a friend encouraging him to move on. Josh reciprocates Taylor's feelings, and the film concludes with the new couple and Chloe heading out on a spontaneous picnic, with Taylor finally able to 'throw away' her anxieties.

Beat by beat

  1. Opening

    Taylor receives a time capsule from her late mother on her 30th birthday containing six life-altering challenges.

  2. Early-Mid

    Taylor befriends her new neighbor Josh and his daughter Chloe while completing the 'meet someone new' challenge.

  3. Midpoint

    Josh helps Taylor face her fear of heights by walking across a bridge; Taylor finds an engagement ring in Josh's things and assumes it's for another woman.

  4. Late-Mid

    Taylor and Josh go on a spontaneous road trip to 'nowhere' and participate in goat yoga.

  5. Climax

    Taylor confesses her love to Josh as her final challenge, only to discover the engagement ring was a misunderstanding.

  6. Resolution

    Josh confesses he loves Taylor too, and they start a life together, embracing spontaneity over rigid planning.

24 tropes in one movie

We counted 24 distinct Hallmark tropes packed into this one — a genuine greatest-hits reel.

How it stacks up

Where this one’s rating lands against every other rated Hallmark movie.

Rating 6.5 vs every rated Hallmark moviemedian 6.4This movie · 6.5567

Higher-rated than 56% of every rated Hallmark movie. The median is 6.4.

Where this one fits

The corners of the catalog Don't Forget I Love You belongs to — handy if you’re after more of the same.

Lines worth quoting

The lines that stuck with us — the ones you’ll be repeating after the credits roll.

  • “Roll up my anxieties into a tiny ball, and just throw them away.”
    — TaylorHer daily morning affirmation routine.
  • “96 elephants. That's how much this bridge can hold.”
    — JoshReassuring Taylor as she faces her fear of heights on a bridge.
  • “I'll acknowledge what's worrying me. If I can resolve it, I will, and if I can't, I'll let it go.”
    — TaylorThe mantra she uses to cope with her anxiety throughout the film.

Meet the characters

Who’s who before you press play. Nothing here gives the ending away.

  • Taylor

    Lead

    Professional Organizer

    AnxiousRigidMethodicalKind-hearted
  • Josh

    Love interest

    Phys-ed Teacher and Coach

    Neighbor and love interest

    DisorganizedSpontaneousPatientSupportive
  • Chloe

    Supporting

    Student

    Josh's daughter

    AnxiousSweetElephant-lover
  • Taylor's Dad

    Supporting

    Artist

    Father

    CreativeInsightfulScattered
  • Kyle

    Supporting

    Assistant Organizer

    Employee and friend

    CharmingDating-app obsessedLoyal

Questions people ask about Don't Forget I Love You

Where can I watch Don't Forget I Love You?

Don't Forget I Love You is available via fuboTV, Philo, and Hallmark+ Amazon Channel. Streaming options change often, so check current availability before settling in.

How long is Don't Forget I Love You?

Don't Forget I Love You runs about 1 hour and 25 minutes, and was released in 2021.

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