The Friend
Film2025119 min

The Friend

Taste attributes: dramacomedyanimalslinearemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survival

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Boxlist takeA moving drama, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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What lines up

  • Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
  • Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
  • Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

When a solitary writer adopts and bonds with a Great Dane that belonged to a late friend, she begins to come to terms with her past and her own creative inner life.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

complex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survival

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Naomi WattsBill MurrayAnn DowdConstance WuSarah Pidgeon

Details

Genre
Drama
Year
2025
Runtime
119 min
Status
Released
Studio
3dot Productions
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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