Paul Rudd's new movie debuts with 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating
Paul Rudd's upcoming comedy Friendship has earned a positive Rotten Tomatoes score following its Toronto International Film Festival premiere.
The Marvel actor stars opposite Tim Robinson (Netflix's I Think You Should Leave) in a bro comedy that's been hailed as "the funniest movie of the year".
Written and directed by Andrew DeYoung, Friendship sees oddball Craig (Robinson) and his new neighbour, TV weatherman Austin (Rudd), brought together by a misdelivered package.
The incident leads to a fast friendship that Austin is keen to shut down when he realises Craig displays some obsessive tendencies.
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After its premiere, Friendship now sits at a 100% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes, though the rating is likely to change once more reviews are published closer to release. At the moment, DeYoung's movie doesn't have a release date confirmed.
In the meantime, let's have a look at what critics at TIFF made of the film.
The Hollywood Reporter
"A gleefully discomfiting portrait of male bonding that delivers some of the year's biggest laughs."
The Financial Times
"Robinson's foot-in-mouth persona is presented with perfect comic timing and written with inventive absurdism, but this is also a satirical portrait of suburban humiliations and swaggering beta males that surpasses many po-faced dramas on that subject."
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IndieWire
"It’s easy to imagine how a version of this film might have descended into vaguely connected sketches, but there’s a clear and rewarding intentionality to DeYoung’s plotting."
The Daily Beast
"Partnered with the always ridiculous Rudd, Robinson reconfirms his standing as the reigning master of discomfort. Together, they make Friendship the funniest movie of the year."
The cast for the comedy also features Kate Mara as Craig's florist wife Tami and Jack Dylan Grazer as their teenage son Stevie.
Friendship doesn't have a release date yet.
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