Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Girlfriend . In The Girlfriend , a drama out on Prime Sept. 10, a medical student named Daniel ( Laurie Davidson ) is caught between the two loves of his life: his girlfriend Cherry Laine ( Olivia Cooke ) and his mother Laura Sanderson ( Robin Wright ). While Daniel is not romantically involved with his mother, they have a close relationship and feel like they can’t live without each other. Laura is especially protective of Daniel, who became an only