title: Literally, Right Before Aaron
text: # Literally, Right Before Aaron
  
  Literally, Right Before Aaron is a 2017 American comedy film written and directed by Ryan Eggold. The film stars Justin Long, Cobie Smulders, Ryan Hansen, John Cho, Kristen Schaal, Dana Delany, Peter Gallagher, Lea Thompson and Luis Guzmán. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 22, 2017. The film was released on September 29, 2017, by Screen Media Films.
  
  ## Plot
  
  Adam and Allison were college sweethearts. Adam is heartbroken when she breaks up with him, then finds himself in the odd predicament of being a "dear friend" invited to her wedding a year and a half later. At the rehearsal dinner, he is introduced by another friend as the guy who dated Allison "...literally, right before Aaron", the groom, started dating her. This leads to a sequence of events that eventually leads to Aaron chasing after him during the reception until he gets on a bus and leaves.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Justin Long as Adam
  * Cobie Smulders as Allison
  * Ryan Hansen as Aaron
  * John Cho as Mark
  * Kristen Schaal as Talula
  * Dana Delany as Wendy (Allison's Mom)
  * Peter Gallagher as Schwartzman
  * Lea Thompson as Deb (Adam's Mom)
  * Luis Guzmán as Federico
  * Malcolm Barrett as Greg
  * Briga Heelan as Julie
  * Charlyne Yi as Claire
  * Charlotte McKinney as Charlotte
  * Parvesh Cheena as Rohan
  * Dov Tiefenbach as David
  * Manu Intiraymi as Lee
  
  ## Release
  
  The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 22, 2017. On May 24, 2017, Screen Media Films acquired distribution rights to the film. The film was released on September 29, 2017, by Screen Media Films.
  
  ## Reception
  
  The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 25% based on 20 reviews, with an average rating of 3.75/10.
  
  