IMDb plot summary: A suburban dad falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor.
Directed by Andrew DeYoung. Stars Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd, and Kate Mara.
Friendship is a movie starring Tim Robinson as an awkward suburban man who befriends his new neighbor, played by Paul Rudd. When he makes things awkward at a group hangout and the friendship dies, his attempts to get it back make everything worse. I'm not a huge fan of Tim Robinson's TV show I Think You Should Leave. It just has seldom clicked with me, and this one doesn't click with me either. Frankly, this movie is entirely about how my social anxiety is right: any tiny misstep you make is going to inevitably spiral and destroy your life and the lives of everyone around you. It is a terrifyingly claustrophobic film for me to watch and very nearly gave me a panic attack. There is one truly hilarious joke in which Robinson attempts psychedelics to try to regain some clarity in his life and is promised a life-changing experience, only for his trip to end up being an extremely mundane recreation of him ordering food at Subway. That got the only genuine laugh for me from this film. Mostly I was just uncomfortable and horrified. I am not the right person for this film. I don't need to see every worst fear come true in front of me with no escape. My brain can do that on its own just fine.
How it entered my Flickchart:
🎥 Friendship (2025)
📊 Ranked #3323/4035 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 18
lost to Max Dugan Returns (#2013 → #2006)
lost to Tiny Furniture (#3020 → #2802)
beat Mr. & Mrs. Smith (#3527 → #3498)
lost to The Goonies (#3275 → #3235)
beat Domestic Disturbance (#3401 → #3412)
beat Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (#3338 → #3341)
lost to Beaches (#3306 → #3260)
beat Annie Get Your Gun (#3321 → #3294)
beat That Darn Cat! (#3313 → #3465)
lost to A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (#3309 → #3259)
beat Fast Food Nation (#3311 → #3326)
beat American Underdog (#3310 → #3305)
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