Kevin Hart as Matthew Logelin, a widowed father who must raise his daughter on his own after the unexpected death of his wife. The screenplay is based on Matthew Logelin’s 2011 memoir, Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love.In the book, Matthew Logelin documents his experiences with single parenthood in 2008, when his wife dies 27 hours after giving birth to their daughter Maddy.