'The Life List' on Netflix Had Surprising Effect on Audiences (2025)

The Life List on Netflix had a surprising effect on test audiences.

Star Sofia Carson made the revelation in an interview with Entertainment Weekly about the Netflix rom-com, which streamed on March 28, 2025.

"Adam would call me all the time after test screenings, and he would say that there were so many people that would [tell him], 'I ended up breaking up with my boyfriend,' or 'I ended up changing or quitting my job,'" Carson told EW, referring to the movie's director and writer, Adam Brooks.

She told the publication that The Life List raises "all these existential questions."

"That's the beauty of this film," Carson told EW. "It's so much more than a rom-com."

She told EW that the movie is making her examine her own life.

"I think so many of us, including myself, tend to forget the little girl that was a fearless dreamer," she told EW. "This movie took me back to her in so many ways. I left that set a different Sofia that I think little Sofia would be so deeply proud of. I've been writing my own 'life list' recently, and it was beautiful to see a few of the things that I dreamt of have come true."

The Life List was the number one trending movie on Netflix on March 29.

It's the story of a woman who makes her daughter live out her bucket list, including finding true love, in order to receive her inheritance. According to EW, questions the mom wants her daughter to answer include whether a romantic partner is kind, and "Do they help you become your best self? Can you picture them as the parent of your future child?"