I had such high hopes for this movie because I love Paul Rudd and Tim Robinson and because all the reviews said it was hilarious. Sadly I found this movie to be long, boring, uncomfortable, and only slightly funny every now and then. I kept expecting it to at least build to something and it never did

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Friendship (2025) Review: A Gut Check in the Guise of a Bromance At first glance, Friendship plays like it's gearing up to be a quirky indie comedy — awkward banter, strained smiles, and just enough charm to make you think you’re in for a sad-sack buddy flick with heart. But then something shifts. Slowly. Quietly. And by the time the third act rolls around, you realize you’re not watching a comedy at all. You’re watching a slow-motion car wreck of emotional codependence and social decay — and you’re in the passenger seat. The film’s real trick (and possibly its curse) is how it messes with your sympathy. I started off feeling sorry for Robinson’s character — lonely, vulnerable, maybe a little pathetic. But as the story peeled back layers, that pity curdled into discomfort. Then resentment. Then something colder. And yet, by the end, I still wasn’t sure if I hated him or just hated how much of him I recognized. That emotional whiplash is probably the movie’s greatest strength — and maybe its biggest obstacle. This is not a film that wants you to feel good. It wants you to squirm. It wants you to sit in the tension between wanting to help someone and realizing you might be feeding the very dysfunction you’re trying to escape. That’s powerful. It’s also exhausting. The writing is sharp, but it doesn't hold your hand. The pacing is deliberate (read: slow), the tone slippery, and the morality murky. You can tell this film wants to be part of the post-Anora wave — intimate, raw, and morally complex — but it lacks Anora’s clarity and brutal elegance. Instead, Friendship smudges the lines until everything feels a little too fuzzy to fully land. If Friendship is about anything, it might be this: the strange, sad reasons we keep toxic people in our lives. Loneliness. Obligation. Habit. Fear of what comes after letting go. It’s a film that doesn’t provide answers — just a long, uncomfortable mirror. I give it a 6.5 out of 10. It’s well-made. It’s interesting. It hits hard. But it also left me more overwrought than enlightened. There’s value in that, sure — but I’m not in a hurry to go through it again.

I just don't get it. This movie is supposed to be a comedy, but I barely laughed at all. Craig is just an insufferable character with no redeeming qualities. Maybe it's because I know people like him in real life, but man, did this movie just make me angry. Add in Paul Rudd's character from Anchorman stretched way too far and a wasted Kate Mara performance, and this was another 90+ minutes of my life I'll never get back. The ending of this movie makes zero sense. Maybe I'm not hip for not "getting" this movie, but if it means I have to watch characters like this I never want to be.

Friendship was my first exposure to Tim Robinson. I can instantly tell that his humor will be hit or miss for people. It verges on almost cringe humor, which, to be candid, is simply not something I enjoy. His character Craig at times simply does not seem like a real person, although I did laugh at certain sequences in the movie. I just found the more extreme interactions to be immersion-breaking. I really liked the concept of the movie, though, this idea of middle-aged men being desperate for friendship and their struggle to connect to other men. In that regard, I found Craig more compelling even if he reacted in over-the-top ways. It's a good premise whose themes are sometimes undercut by the absurdity. I thought his relationship with his wife, Tami, started out strong, but I felt it ended up in a strange place that didn't feel genuine again, though it had a level of earnestness that made me overlook it. The ending felt inevitable but made me laugh. That's the movie in a microcosm. You can always notice the director's hand, that this is a movie where characters are being pulled by strings. It's a satire, but this concept almost demands something more truthful to really hammer its point home and expose a real problem. However, you still end up enjoying it because it'll make you laugh.