Maybe I Do

We open to Sam and Grace meeting, as they are both watching a Swedish film alone. Afterwards, they vacilate about staying together in a cheap motel. Eventually they get a bucket of food and a six-pack, take it to the room, but spend the evening walking and talking.

Howard and Monica are staying in a hotel, and he alludes to the facts that they've been seeing each other for four months and he's married to someone else. He is no longer interested in continuing the affair, and she gives him thinly veiled threats. But Howard leaves nonetheless. He and a waitress observe a young couple, missing their youth, Monica confronts a young female hotel clerk, pointing out how quickly time flies.

Finally, we see Michelle and Allen attending a wedding, where he intercepts the bouquet so Michelle can't catch it. She of course had fantasized it's being the idyllic start to their perfect future together. Back at his apartment Michelle changes clothes, gives Allen a 24h ultimatum, and walks out.

Howard goes home, finding his wife Grace in the living room. After an awkward attempt at conversation, their daughter Michelle comes in. She brings up the ultimatum she dropped on Allen, which her mother fully supports. Allen similarly tells his parents Sam and Monica, and in this case his dad is pro wedding and she isn't.

The next morning the two families continue talking. Both of Michelle's go on about the importance of the rings, but neither happens to be wearing theirs. Howard and Grace get Michelle to invite Allen and his parents to dinner. Sam accepts although neither Allen nor Monica agree.

When Allen and his parents arrive there is extreme awkwardness, as the double affairs hadn't yet come to light. Monica goes with Howard to get the drinks, and she is determined they should continue seeing each other or she'll kill him. Grace walks outside under the guise of showing Sam the grounds and he tries to convince her that they had a strong connection, that it was fate and that they need to pursue a relationship while she insists it was a mistake. Michelle and Allen flirt in her room.

In front of all four parents, Michelle asks Allen to trust in the now and to not fear that things could end badly, to take a leap of faith with her. She leaves the room, and he soon follows. Left alone, Monica spills the beans about her affair with Howard, or tries to. Both Grace and Sam guiltily confess about meeting the previous night and Monica smugly talks about her and Howard begs Grace for her forgiveness.

An upset Grace goes outside, while Sam amd Howard compare info about their infidelities, Howard explaining that it was purely physical whereas Sam explains theirs was purely cerebral. They start to fight with their fists, but it soon turns into a hug. Howard considers both his wife and Sam are better people than him. Monica follows Grace, and she lets her know she thinks Howard hasn't gotten too lost and they could still be saved.

The men join them outside. Howard it was the last and only time he cheated on her, which Monica corraborates. Grace is hurt that, instead of talking things through with her he'd sought solace in another's arms. When she leaves in tears, Sam encourages Howard to go after her as she believes her best possible happy ending is with him.

Sam and Monica stay taking once they are alone. He says he'd always felt she's more interesting than him, that she's an unstoppable force and he's stayed because of their son. Meeting Grace, he now sees he could love again.

Michelle and Allen write their own vows. Afterwards we see Sam and Monica saying their goodbyes, and Howard and Grace have refound each other.

• Richard Gere as Howard
• Diane Keaton as Grace
• Susan Sarandon as Monica
• William H. Macy as Sam
• Luke Bracey as Allen
• Emma Roberts as Michelle

Filming occurred in New Jersey in February and March of 2022.[5][6][7][8]

In November 2022, it was announced that Vertical Entertainment acquired North American rights to the film, which was released on January 27, 2023.[9]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 36% of 42 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.9/10. The website's consensus reads: "Its title leaves plenty of room for doubt, but don't be fooled: Despite its impressive cast, Maybe I Do is a definitively subpar rom-com."[10] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on 10 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[11]

• Maybe I Do at IMDb