Your Friends & Neighbors

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Your Friends & Neighbors

R

1998

1h 39m

Comedy

Drama

LGBTQ+

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Restless and unhappy, two couples get caught up in infidelity and deception. Barry (Aaron Eckhart) is a sullen businessman married to Mary (Amy Brenneman), a writer who is unsatisfied with their relationship. Mary begins an affair with Jerry (Ben Stiller), a smug theater professor and husband of her friend, Terri (Catherine Keener), who is also a writer. Adding to the adulterous mix are Cary (Jason Patric), a callous doctor, and Cheri (Nastassja Kinski), an art-gallery assistant.

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Critics Consensus

Though it may strike some viewers as cold and unpleasant, Neil LaBute's Your Friends & Neighbors is an incisive critique of sexual politics wrapped up in a scathing black comedy.

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Verne Gay

Newsday

04/09/2025

1/4

Surprisingly bad.

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Nina Metz

Chicago Tribune

04/09/2025

2.5/4

The show’s creator, Jonathan Tropper, has done something interesting with his star. There’s a frisson of recognition that happens when you put Hamm in a role like this.

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Tim Lowery

AV Club

04/04/2025

C+

If you strip away the non-stop banter some of the coming-into-my-own dramatic arcs of side characters, and that aforementioned satirical underscoring, there is a pretty fun dark comedy bubbling under here.

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

07/23/2007

B+

The actors are fine across the board, but the stand-out is Catherine Keener.

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Ronnie R

@Rickyrose 2d

Far below its potential

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Dawn C

@ChickenLady Jan 26

This movie made me want to take a shower to wash off the disgust I felt. I love dark comedy and this was not funny. Just awful.

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Alec B

@Alec97 02/27/2024

LaBute can certainly write compelling monologues but that, along with his deep cynicism, often make you think he has something profound to say when it's all ultimate pretty juvenile.

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Joshua H

@RT44825951 01/30/2024

Interesting fact: this was the first movie to be reviewed on this site, i'm writing this review just to say that.

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01/10/2021

Not so bad, but it could be better. Игрокам растянутого мшзеца: отправляйтесь в Сиэтл. На участке Aurora Ave North между N50st и N59st есть ОНИ. Рядом с отелем ОНИ есть число, которое подскажет дом, рядом с которым скульптура персонажа.

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Fong Kok Hoong F

@RT29722865 07/17/2016

A raunchy comedy about the sexual politics and gender warfare that shocks, repels and challenges our acceptance level of indecency with only scathingly-written dialogue, very little sex and no nudity.

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Synopsis

Restless and unhappy, two couples get caught up in infidelity and deception. Barry (Aaron Eckhart) is a sullen businessman married to Mary (Amy Brenneman), a writer who is unsatisfied with their relationship. Mary begins an affair with Jerry (Ben Stiller), a smug theater professor and husband of her friend, Terri (Catherine Keener), who is also a writer. Adding to the adulterous mix are Cary (Jason Patric), a callous doctor, and Cheri (Nastassja Kinski), an art-gallery assistant.

Director: Neil LaBute
Producer: Jason Patric, Steve Golin
Distributor: Gramercy Pictures
Production Co: Propaganda Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 19, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 19, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.7M
Runtime: 1h 39m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)