Thank you, A24. I’m ecstatic about their acquiring Andrew DeYoung’s “Friendship” in a deal said to be in the 7-figures. If it does get released this year, “Friendship” will easily be the best comedy of 2024 (apologies to “Ricky Stanicky”).
I included “Friendship,” which played Midnight Madness, as one of the 10 best films I saw at TIFF 2024. The reviews have also been very good — 84 on Metacritic, 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
After his viral, and Emmy-winning, sketch comedy series “I Think You Should Leave”, Tim Robinson found his first lead film role in “Friendship,” a surreal buddy comedy co-starring himself, Paul Rudd, and Kate Mara.
Filled with socially awkward characters, offbeat dialogue, and just plain weirdness, the film follows Craig (Robinson), a suburban dad who becomes obsessed with his new weatherman neighbor Austin (Rudd). Some of the irreverent gags and setpieces that followed had me howling in laughter. It plays like a gonzo, deranged riff on “I Love You Man.”