"Your friends and neighbors" is director Neil LaBute's second film, following on from "In the company of men".
In essence it's about relationships between men and women.
But it's not a romantic comedy kind of take on relationships, not at all - this movie is more about how bleak relationships ... Read review
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film) star in this wildly romantic comedy that looks at life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment through the eyes of a generation sandwiched somewhere between The Brady Bunch and Melrose Place! As her college valedictorian, Lelaina Pierce (Ryder) should be destined for greatness. In reality she is a lowly production assistant for an obnoxious TV morning show host (John Mahoney). In her free time, Lelaina is making a biting, often outrageous video documentary about her peers: promiscuous, '70's-crazed roommate Vickie (Janeane Garofalo), sexually repressed Sammy (Steve Zahn) and best friend Troy (Hawke), a brilliant but unmotivated rebel. Meanwhile, Lelaina meets Michael (Stiller), an ambitious video executive who wants to showcase her documentary on In Your Face TV. Suddenly, she finds herself at the centre of a very odd love triangle with dependable, fast-track Michael on one side and a sexy, brooding troy on the other.Mystery Men: The hippest cast in history has united to become the funniest superhero team ever. Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Hank Azaria, William H. Macy, Greg Kinnear, Geoffrey Rush and Paul Reubens join forces in this wild, funny and thoroughly original misadventure. When Captain Amazing, Champion City's legendary superhero, falls into the hands of the evil madman Casanova Frankenstein and his disco-dancing henchmen, there's suddenly a chance for the aspiring superheroes to show what they can do. They're the Mystery Men... a ragtag team of superhero wannabes featuring: Mr. Furious, whose power comes from his boundless rage; The Shoveler, a father who shovels better than anyone; The Blue Raja, a fork-flinging mama's boy; The Bowler, who fights crime with the help of her father's skull; The Spleen, whose power is pure flatulence; Invisible Boy, who's only invisible when no one's watching and The Sphinx, a cliche-spewing philosopher. With its outrageous adventure, incredible cast and hip alternative humour, Mystery Men is so irresistibly funny and appealing, seeing it just once will never be enough.Your Friends And Neighbors: One of the most talked about comedies of the season, Your Friends And Neighbors is the story of six people who can't seem to stay out of each other's bedrooms. Six of today's hottest young celebrities star in a film critics raved about. If you enjoy passion, lust and light-hearted humour, this is your circle of friends.
Production Year: 1989 - Drama - Director: Ken Cameron - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Nicole Kidman, Denholm Elliott, Hugo Weaving, Joy Smithers, Norman Kaye, Jerome Ehlers, Judy Morris
Production Year: 1993 - Drama - Director: Steven Spielberg - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Embeth Davidtz, Ben Kingsley, Jonathan Sagalle
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Production Year: 1993 - Drama - Director: Jane Campion - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Harvey Keitel, Anna Paquin, Sam Neill, Holly Hunter, Genevieve Lemon
Advantages: Good cast; interesting repeated scenes Disadvantages: Doesn't seem to go anywhere; a lot of yuppie angst?
"Your friends and neighbors" is director Neil LaBute's second film, following on from "In the company of men".
In essence it's about relationships between men and women.
But it's not a romantic comedy kind of take on relationships, not at all - this movie is more about how bleak relationships can be - and that probably applies to friends as well as lovers. OK, it;s a bleak look at relationships, but with ... ...
We are introduced to 6 main characters - well, actually they are the only characters in the movie... others appear in the background, but no-one apart from the 6 main characters has any dialogue whatsoever.
These 6 characters are: 3 men and 3 women - a married couple, a couple living together, and two single people, a man and a woman.
The married couple Mary and Barry, played by Amy Brenneman and "In the company ... more
"Your friends and neighbors" is director Neil LaBute's second film, following on from "In the company of men". In essence it's about relationships between men and women.
But it's not a romantic comedy kind of take on relationships, not at all - this movie is more about how bleak relationships can be - and that probably applies to friends as well as lovers. OK, it;s a bleak look at relationships, but with some added humour, so that it's not completely depressing.
We are introduced to 6 main characters - well, actually they are the only characters in the movie... others appear in the background, but no-one apart from the 6 main characters has any dialogue whatsoever. These 6 characters are: 3 men and 3 women - a married couple, a couple living together, and two single people, a man and a woman.
The married couple Mary and Barry, played by Amy Brenneman and "In the company of men" star, Aaron Eckhart, look from the outside to be a happy couple - ah, but looks are not everything, and things are not what they seem.
Ben Stiller plays a self-obsessed drama teacher, Jerry. This roles is miles apart from his usual type of role - Stiller is most famous for comedy roles ("There's something about Mary", "Meet the Fockers", "Zoolander") but here he shows he can play a dramatic role. The character is an immensely unlikeable one, a sort of academic Woody Allen clone, and again, in this quite unusual for him.
Catherine Keener plays Terri, his partner, who is driven mad by him most of the time, it appears - mainly by the fact he talks constantly and has to analyse everything. She works in advertising herself. I've always admired her acting (from the glamorous office worker in "Being John Malkovitch" to the meek girlfriend in "The 40 year old virgin" - incidentally she is the only good thing in that particular movie!).
Jason Patric plays Cary, another self-obsessed character, but he's self-obsessed in a far more sinister kind of way - he's a doctor who seems to hate women as much as he loves himself. Understandably, when you get see him, he's one of the single characters.
Nastassja Kinski plays Cheri, an artist's assistant and the nearest thing the movie has to a decent kind of character that we could maybe empathise with.
One of the most interesting aspects of the movie, for me, is the way that we see the other characters all visiting the art gallery where she works, they have pretty much the same lines each time, although of course each conversation develops differently and there are different consequences with each two people.
There are some good quotes, such as:
"Love's a disease."
"Yeah, but it's curable."
Which, coming from people who, when asked how they are, tend to say "Great, couldn't be better," with a bi smile - probably sums it all up.
On the face of it "Your friends and neighbors" looks like a moral tale, with people having to pay for their indiscretions. But it doesn't, to me, come across as a worthwhile moral tale, if you know what I mean. There's definitely an underlying cruelty in a lot of the characters, and in the end, I kept thinking - what was the point of it all?
It's more than a standard tale of Americans hanging out and chatting in restaurants or in locker rooms, having affairs and talking about them. Perhaps the irony is that people don't talk a lot but don't communicate properly?
If you like any of the actors, it may be worth seeing, but otherwise, movies like "La Ronde" prove that it's all been said before.
The DVD is a very reasonable £7.97 on amazon.co.uk, Extras: The director's commentary - worth listening to as it does offer some genuine insight into the moviemaking process (e.g. the reasons why no-one except the 6 main characters even gets to speak; the choice of music; input of the actors) Trailer So not many extras, but the commentary is better than most.
Advantages: Watch when you want to - factual - great recipes. Disadvantages: None
I have watched this DVD a dozen times now i think - its lovely a to see how Hugh enthuses about the simple life - growing your own veg, raising animals, and being self sufficient...as I also live on a small farm I get immense pleasure watching his trials and successes because I can relate to them myself. If you hanker for the country life this DVD is a wonderful introduction to what to expect - the fruits of your labours are very rewarding and the country neighbours CAN be ( at least mine are!) as friendly as you see them in the dvd. In my area the going rate for meat swapping is 1/2 sheep = 1/4 cow :) not a bad deal LOL ..... if your a 'townie' and simply want to sit back and watch someone get dirty and cook great food you will also love this because its funny, light hearted and has some devine recipes. Highly recommended to everyone . ...
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