Most viewers of the first film thought it was a creative and wellmade film that took a politically incorrect and completely naked view of predatory male sexuality and the. Your friends and neighbors posted by timothy dugdale on wed, aug 19, 1998 at 12. Aaron eckhart, catherine keener, ben stiller and more. Jerry, a drama teacher, is seen in full fop regalia directing and starring in a college production of a wycherley play. Theres a smugness to these films, a sense underscored by the secondperson immediacy of this ones title that labute feels hes lifting a veil of propriety from everyday life and exposing the reprehensible realities of banal human existence. Movie rating 1 lowest, 5 highest click to see what is being looked at when the movies are rated.
This adult comedy follows six characters, three men and three women from a crosssection of social groups, as they play sexual power games. Full metal jacket 30th anniversary interview 2017 with matthew modine and vincent donofrio. Misogyny and sexual politics affect the tangled relationships of six urbanites. The films credit sequences feature music by apocalyptica. Any movie based on voyeuristic looks at almost every possible awkward sexual moment is going to be interesting. Labute writes excellent dialogue and the movie is well acted. Directed by neil labute, the film features a cast that includes amy brenneman, aaron eckhart, catherine keener and nastassja kinski. On the heels of his awardwinning debut, in the company of men. In both cases, the second film reveals the full scope of the talent, and the director. You can make a movie with absolutely no likeable characters. Labutes your friends and neighbors is to in the company of men as quentin tarantinos pulp fiction was to reservoir dogs.
With amy brenneman, aaron eckhart, ben stiller, nastassja kinski. Your friends neighbors dvd, 2003 for sale online ebay. Seth rogen, rose byrne, zac efron, chloe grace moretz, kiersey. Stars amy brenneman, catherine keener, nastassja kinski, and ben stiller. Fue protagonizada por amy brenneman, aaron eckhart. Financial analysis of your friends and neighbors 1998 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability.
All these things that i find funny, most of my friends and neighbors have found not so great. The filmmakers wished for the audience to be unclear on the films location, claiming it anytown, usa. Jason patric tells the story of the best lovemaking he ever had. Watch more videos at scene from your friends and neighbors 1998. Aaron eckhart is super sexy in this movie when we see him shirtless several times, like when he is on the phone and jerking off in bed. Your friends and neighbours bares all the hallmark labute characteristics that mark him. Ranking happiness in his top 5 films of 1998, ebert concluded, in a film that looks into the abyss of human despair, there is the horrifying suggestion that these characters may not be grotesque exceptions, but may in fact be part of the mainstream of humanity. Id still pay full price for a new dvd of it, even though i bought this one on discount. You wont look away from it, though, and you wont forget the people it showed you for a long time. Neil labutes your friends and neighbors is a film about.
Its a comedy and drama movie with a high rotten tomatoes critics score of 77%. Unhappy couples fall apart and hop into other beds with other people. Jerrys desire for an extramarital affair with mary impacts on the lives of the others. Starring ben stiller, jason patric, nastassja kinski, aaron eckhart, amy brenneman and catherine keener. In both cases, the second film reveals the full scope of the talent, and the director, given greater resources, paints what he earlier sketched.
Any film in which eckhart plays the most sympathetic character is full of surprises, not the least of which is jason patric, shaking himself awake to give a rancid, scowling performance a mesmerizing portrait of misogyny that makes chad look like alan alda. But youll know better if you saw neil labutes previous picture, in the company of men, one of last years most talkedabout independent films. Neil labutes your friends and neighbors is a film about monstrous selfishnessabout people whose minds are focused exclusively on their own needs. Sep 16, 2018 your friends and neighbors actually reinforces my prior misgivings about labutes perspective. In your friends and neighbors, labute makes the restoration parallels overt. They purposely avoided any distinguishing shots of the city, and even had to digitally erase some palm trees in the background of some scenes. If you have a dark, dry sense of humor and dont mind affairs in the movies, then give this one a try. They use the language of sharing and caring when it suits them, but only to their own ends. Your friends and neighbors 1998 financial information. Not anybodys friends and neighbors, unless you live in the sixth circle of hell, where it rains ammonia all day long. Unlike his first effort, however, this one features a weaker plot that isnt intriguing enough to fully compensate for the meanspirited behavior.
Much like that film, his sophomore outing, your friends and neighbors, explores the sexual side of such relationships and includes great writing and several new, but still unsavory characters. Your friends and neighbors 1998 no one actually likes. Barry aaron eckhart is a sullen businessman married to mary amy brenneman, a writer. The film is not as tight or commanding as his first feature, the blackhearted in the company.
Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. Your friends and neighbors the scene detroit metro times. Your friends and neighbors usa, 1998 categorygenre. Amy brenneman, aaron eckhart, ben stiller, nastassja kinski, jason patric, catherine keener, lola glaudini director. If you are one of those people who like to have all of the movies that you.
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