Friendship Movie Review (2025)
A hysterical cringefest, Friendship is a buddy comedy that you will be glad that you are watching and not actually living. Very funny stuff.
As people age, men seemingly stay home more. They get comfortable with their lives, their work, their partners, and their children, and going out with buddies can get a little lost in the shuffle. It’s not intentional, it’s just something that happens.
Friendship is a story about Craig, a husband and father with a good job, but no social life. His wife, Tami, a florist, sees that a package has been delivered to them by mistake and asks Craig to take it to the house down the street. New neighbor Austin, a local weatherman, befriends Craig, takes him under his wing, and the two begin going on adventures together. Craig begins to dream about the friendship that they will have and the things they will do together, but things don’t necessarily go as planned.
This movie is the epitome of laughing at a character and not with them. Friendship does such a good job of helping you identify with Craig in the first part of the film that when he begins to go off the rails, you can’t help but be taken aback.
Craig is an odd bird who doesn’t have any control over his impulses or his mouth. He desperately wants to be close to Austin and he’ll do whatever it takes, even if it means continuing to ignore his wife and do things that he thinks will make Austin like him more. The result is a hysterically awkward film that had me laughing out loud and moving my hands in “Oh no!” ways frequently.
This movie stars both Tim Robinson as Craig and Paul Rudd as Austin, but it is really Robinson’s movie. Paul Rudd is fantastic and plays his supporting role as lovably and coolly as only Paul Rudd can, so you definitely enjoy it when he’s on screen. But Tim Robinson’s Craig reacts to things so bizarrely that laughing out loud is the only way that you can express your amusement and discomfort for what you’re watching.
At one point, I began to get a little bummed that the ending felt like it was about to be very normal. It seemed that everything was about to be tied up in a bow, and for a film like this, that would have been disappointing. Luckily, that was not the case. When you think that the movie is over, just keep watching.
I absolutely recommend watching Friendship because it goes places that I’ve never seen quite this way. Everyone wants to be seen and appreciated, but Craig is just narcissistic enough to create situations where it’s impossible to get out of them comfortably. And the result is 1 hour and 40 minutes of comical recoiling for the audience, but in the best of ways (if that’s possible).
Runtime: 100 minutes
Motion Picture Rating: R
Languages Spoken In The Film: English
Should You Watch It? Yes
Did I Cry? Nope
My Rating: 3.5/5 Stars
Available: Currently in theaters
