The Friend

2024

Comedy / Drama

20
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 84% · 147 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 5815 5.8K

new york city suicide based on novel or book mentor writer dog

Director

Scott McGehee Photo
Scott McGehee

Top cast

Carla Gugino Photo
Carla Gugino as Elaine
Felix Solis Photo
Felix Solis as Hektor
Noma Dumezweni Photo
Noma Dumezweni as Barbara
Naomi Watts Photo
Naomi Watts as Iris
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23.976 fps
1 hr 59 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by roxlerookie 7 / 10

Beautiful tale about humans, dogs, and death

Having watched this, I want to read the book. The story is very simple, and beautiful. The adaptation is well done, in that the movie is very competently executed, the cinematography is on point, the score is nice, and so on.A beautiful book, turned into a beautiful story, competently executed, what's not to like?To like this, you must like dogs and books. If you despise intellectuals, it wont work, as all the protagonists are writers, and ofc, that big ass Dane. What a beautiful dog.Bill Murray looks almost dead, and it's beautiful that he's making such movies at this stage of his life.Everything dies, and how we cope with loss is a universal theme.
Reviewed by stevencsmovies 7 / 10

Great portrayal of grief

While on vacation in Hollywood (ooh la la) I obviously had to see a movie. Funnily enough, I chose the most "New York" movie out there. THE FRIEND is a drama based on a book by Sigrid Nunez about a writer named Iris (Naomi Watts). Her best friend Walter (Bill Murray) commits suicide, leaving her to deal with the grief of the loss, his many exes, and a Great Dane called Apollo. Living in a tiny apartment building, her landlord is urging her to move out because of Apollo. This dog is a huge scene stealer, very expressive and such a good boy. Yes he is. He reminds us that he's grieving right alongside Iris. They start to bond, even though she's not a dog person. This movie shows how one person can affect the people around them in different ways. There are thought-provoking and fascinating conversations that take place here. Taking control of your life can look like a variety of things, small or big. Apollo could be seen as a metaphor for a few things, depending on who's asking. THE FRIEND will resonate with dog-owners and everyone who has experienced loss, which is probably most people.
Reviewed by BoBo_Goal32 7 / 10

The Duality in Friendship

I Cannot understand why this movie got a lot of negative reviews. It's idea was pretty understandable after the get go and the developments were also pretty predictable, but it is a movie with a lot of hurt. And one big Danish dog, with such sad eyes.I liked the duality of the friendship in this movie. From one side Iris lost her best friend and she is chasing his memory through several channels. From the other side, she got another friend instead. One that doesn't need to talk for expressing his feelings, but you can understand exactly what he means, without even opening his mouth.The details reveal slowly and after all layers are peeled, we are staying with a woman and a dog. And a problem. The twist almost doesn't exist, actually, but the movie's heart is in the right place, and it still manages to get his audience to get excited and maybe even weep.Bill Murray is almost nowhere to be found, except in the poster of the movie, to attract the attention of potential audiences. But after reading the accusations about him, probably would be better to remove his figure from the movie's poster and leave the stage to both actual main heroes of this movie.Naomi Watts is absolutely fantastic in this movie. What a comeback after a long time without any good projects, which she had participated in (Penguin Bloom was the last time she had a good performance - it was in 2020). She is accurate and very convincible in a role that is not so easy to perform.Constance Wu, Carla Gugino and several other fine actors and especially actresses are participating in this movie, that is not any massive news to drama genre, with sub-genre of man's best friend, but it is definitely a good one, that is worth watching.
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