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Friends (With Benefits)
Meet Chloe and Owen: best buds since their sandbox days. Now, in med school as they attempt to balance the weight of their studies, his job, her band, their parents, their friends (their sanity), they find little time for relationships...but lots of time for the desire. One fateful day, a brave Owen proposes the "perfect" solution: Friends (read: no messy relationship stuff)...with benefits (read: insanely messy sex stuff). "Perfect," that is...if the two hadn't always been secretly in love with one another So what DOES happen when two close friends decide to secretly blur the lines dividing friendship and relationship...and the rest of their tight knit group of friends finds out? The answer: complications arise. A LOT of complications. In fact, to quote their therapist, "It's brought down empires; imagine what it can do to a group of friends".
| Release : | 2010 |
| Rating : | 5.2 |
| Studio : | What Were We Thinking Films, |
| Crew : | Director of Photography, Director, |
| Cast : | Margaret Laney Brendan Bradley Lynn Mancinelli Stefanie Estes Rooney Mara |
| Genre : | Comedy Romance |
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Wow! Such a good movie.
Too much of everything
Excellent but underrated film
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
They all showed up and the photography itself is good. After that, they lost me.How many more time will we have to see this same boring scenario of friends hooking up and then getting emotionally wrecked? It's just been done like this too many times.The acting is very wooden in spots. The lighting often looks like film school students were on the crew. I watched this because I am Brendan Bradley fan. But even my main man's good efforts could not save this. (I did appreciate the one of him nude. Check out his performance in "Redwoods.." Outstanding.) This thing is nothing special.
I had the privilege of attending the screening of Friends ( With Benefits) in Bay City Michigan's Hell's Half Mile Independent film and music festival 09'. This film had me laughing, cowering in my seat with embarrassment and there were a few surprising twists that I enjoyed. I found the scenes with the split screening easy to follow and helpful to the development of the climax. The Actors and Actresses played their characters professionally, they fit their parts. The soundtrack was refreshing and uplifting. I actually saw the film twice. If giving the opportunity to buy the film on DVD I would. It's not a surprise to me that the film won "Fest Best" award (viewer's choice). Gorman B. did a fantastic job of putting the film together. I can't wait to see his next film and I hope he comes back to the festival. Todd Nowakowski
So we settle in for a romantic/comic/sex farce kinda film and going in I'm in the pocket and the wife is on the fence. But guess what? We laughed, we were touched by the sensitivity between the laughs and in the end-I got laid! It's the perfect date movie. The photography is surprisingly lush for an indie film. The use of split screens never gets confusing or trite. The dialog is fast paced but just fast enough- funny jokes within jokes-let's just say I'm enthused.I want to quit my job to follow that rock band on tour- but maybe bring them a couple of songs.Or maybe it's just that I want to follow Chloe wherever she goes. Bechard has hit his artistic stride with this film.I'm hoping his treatment of "2nd Greatest Story" will be up to these standards- he's set his bar very high.
Gorman delivers - everything from casting, sound track and direction. The plot which 'yes' has been done before surprisingly has a fresh feel. I think everyone can relate to most, if not all the characters individually, then definitely to the group of friends as a whole. The cast has a wonderful chemistry; which keeps you enthralled. The sound track is amazing, signature Bechard - and the split screens are brilliant. Loved the supporting cast from the understated therapist to Polly and the professor; everyone brought a unique nuance to the film. Never do you feel as if you are watching a low budget Indie film, truly has the feel of major studio backing.
