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The Friend
Directed by
David Siegel
and
Scott McGehee
R
2024
2h 4m
Drama
,
Comedy
7.0
100%
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Follows a story of love, friendship, grief and healing, about a writer who adopts a Great Dane that belonged to a late friend and mentor.
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Cast of The Friend
Naomi Watts
Iris
Bill Murray
Walter
Sarah Pidgeon
Carla Gugino
Constance Wu
Noma Dumezweni
Ann Dowd
Felix Solis
Owen Teague
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The Friend Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
Maureen Lee Lenker
It unabashedly wears its heart on its sleeve, paying homage to our furry friends while probing deeper themes about bereavement.
Awards Radar
Joey Magidson
The Friend evocatively finds Naomi Watts and a Great Dane navigating grief.
Moveable Fest
Stephen Saito
A winning adaptation of Sigrid Nunez's novel of the same name, "The Friend" keeps up the convivial vibe of the tony dinner party that opens it.
The Hollywood Reporter
Caryn James
Directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel have avoided all the pitfalls of adaptation while remaining faithful to the source material... The Friend is just their style, with its beautiful, light-handed approach to big issues.
AwardsWatch
Tomris Laffly
The Friend's deepest win is how acutely it understands the hearts of dog people, perhaps as well as Laure Anderson's wonderful Heart of a Dog, as the most dignified dog movie since that understated non-fiction gem.
Deadline Hollywood Daily
Pete Hammond
[A] moving, funny, humane and quite unforgettable tale, an adaptation of Sigrid Nunez's National Book Club-winning novel by writer-directors Scott McGehee & David Siegel that becomes an irresistible experience that anyone who ever loved a pet must see.
The Playlist
Gregory Ellwood
Sadly, for worse, it all just goes to the dogs.
Variety
Peter Debruge
A by-the-numbers crowd-pleaser with a bit more on its mind than your typical canine-centric tearjerker.
indieWire
Kate Erbland
The sort of witty, wise, and warm character study we seem to be running out of these days.
Next Best Picture
J. Don Birnam
"The Friend" does indeed differentiate itself from most of the "dog movies" of yore you have seen, making it worth the price of admission.
FirstShowing.net
Alex Billington
The Friend is one of these extra tender, heartfelt films that's so emotionally resonant by the end you will want to go right back into it.
Collider
Ross Bonaime
The Friend is solid when it focuses on Iris and Apollo the dog, and falters whenever it gets away from that core relationship.
RogerEbert.com
Zachary Lee
A deceptively disarming exploration of how to mourn the loss of friends with whom we were never granted closure.
The Film Stage
Michael Frank
It's the type of film my parents would love--something shown on a cable network on a Sunday afternoon, easy to watch with just enough substance to make the audience feel something reminiscent of sadness. That's a compliment, though.
Cinema Daily US
Edward Douglas
When your dog star is more interesting than your human cast, some might see that as a problem. (Video review)
Film Threat
Andy Howell
I'm just glad that somebody is making high-quality movies for adults with dogs.
InSession Film
Alex Papaioannou
And while the cathartic climax of this film may fall a bit flat, McGehee and Siegel carry The Friend in subversive, interesting ways right up until the credits roll.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Bilge Ebiri
The Friend functions perfectly well as a dog picture, a movie about a frazzled single woman learning to care for a gentle but unruly animal in the big, bad city.
TheWrap
Steve Pond
"The Friend" juggles the happy, the sad and the bittersweet while somehow managing not to lose the lightness that has kept it afloat.
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