Cheryl (Janine Turner) and Alex Wheeler (Robert Merrill) are seemingly happily married, with two beautiful daughters. But when Alex decides to look up his college sweetheart Suzanne Kennerly (Lari White), he has no idea that his actions will lead to Cheryl also being reunited with her college sweetheart, Phil Welch (Brad Johnson).
In fact, we soon discover that these four are actually actors making a film. The real Alex Wheeler (Edward Albert) is a filmmaker directing a movie about his complex relationships with the real Suzanne (Kate Jackson) and the real Cheryl (Jennifer Hetrick). Through the multiple layers of the film-within-the-film, the characters explore their most important relationships and confront their deepest questions.

"When I first read 'No Regrets' I immediately loved it. I recognized something that has not been done since my favorite movie, 'Casablanca'. I don't want to give away too much, but I'll just say that 'No Regrets' and 'Casablanca' have certain things in common that are just brilliant and wonderful and leave you truly touched and moved." ~ Kate Jackson

No Regrets, is an intriguing and emotionally charged movie that was filmed mostly in Nashville by the local company Transcendent. The film poses several tough questions, the most important ones being: Should former lovers ever reconcile, and when is it better to leave the past behind?

Curt Hahn, who not only wrote and directed No Regrets but also co-produced it with Ron Routson, has crafted a compelling work that doesn’t offer easy answers or pat solutions, but instead takes viewers into a intriguing and unusual situation. Alex Wheeler (Edward Albert) has decided to craft a filmed treatment of his rather complicated relationships with Suzanne (Kate Jackson) and Cheryl (Jennifer Hetrick). He penned a screenplay that outlines each chapter of their twisted history, and the audience sees the events being depicted through the portrayals of the film’s other actors.

Robert Merrill plays the younger Alex, enjoying what seems like a perfect situation in his marriage to Cheryl (Janine Turner). The couple clearly adores each other, and they have two daughters. But for some reason Wheeler has never been able to move beyond a situation involving his college sweetheart Suzanne (Lari White). He finds out where she’s now staying in Boston and decides to visit.

Suzanne’s now married to Phil Welch (Brad Johnson), who just happens to be Cheryl’s college sweetheart. Before long, the four find themselves reunited for the first time in years and forced to confront their real feelings for each other and some deeply seated, long unrevealed emotions regarding past events.

The film within a film concept can be difficult to follow, but Hahn takes plenty of time and care to ensure that time sequences and events are never blurred or unclear. The assembled actors in the secondary movie are used to investigate things that director Alex Wheeler felt were never really resolved. As things unfold, layers get peeled back and the results are often quite surprising.

Rather than presenting things in simplistic terms or making any single character completely blameless in the situation, Hahn lets viewers make their own decisions about whether these couples are being true to each other. Many in the may ponder how they would handle a similar situation with their spouses. The final conclusion is also quite poignant, though once more not exactly predictable.

No Regrets focuses on life-changing situations and tries to explore how people handle disappointment, change and betrayal. The lack of clichéd dialog and stock characterizations is quite welcome, while the 96-minute length seems just right to illuminate and then conclude the situation.

No Regrets also contains several songs from such performers as Bruce Springsteen, White, the Youngbloods, Rand Bishop and vintage tunes from the Everly Brothers, Ben E. King and the Drifters, among others.

Transcendent, a division of Film House, was formed last year to create high quality, low budget feature films. Film House is not only the state’s largest production company, but also one of the largest producers of television commercials and long-form works in the nation.