Friendship (2025)

"Gleefully discomfiting portrait of male bonding that delivers some of the year’s biggest laughs."

"For all its silly and surreal flourishes, Friendship keeps a beating heart."

"Abject absurdity, committed unpleasantness, and humble embrace of slapstick keep the sporadic laughs coming."

"Plays right into Tim Robinson’s sweet spot of surrealistic and satirical comedy."

"Do us all a favor and see it with your buddies. And if you see a guy there all alone, maybe reach out?"

"Visually, sonically, and musically immersive work."

"The whole of Friendship isn’t as attractive as the sum of its disparate parts..."

"Rudd is there to provide a foil with a handsome confidence that occasionally takes a weird turn."

"See it with someone you love now, or drive them crazy by quoting it endlessly later."

"How much Tim Robinson is too much? Maybe the exact amount you get in Friendship."

"Familiarity isn’t a bad thing when the talent involved is this good."

"The more queasy the film becomes, in both story and style, the funnier it gets."

"A film that men can see together that demands a discussion afterward."

"The primary comic impulse equates to the sound of gears grinding."

"Amusing — if haphazard and uneven."

"Rudd’s Austin is sometimes a completely different person from scene to scene."

"This movie is too afraid to go anywhere dangerous."

"So scarily close to the bone, that laughs and screams all but bleed together."

"Definitely a few smart laughs."