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2024 American film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Friend is a 2024 American drama film written and directed by Siegel & McGehee. Based upon the 2018 novel by Sigrid Nunez, it stars Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Sarah Pidgeon, Constance Wu, Ann Dowd, Noma Dumezweni, Felix Solis, Owen Teague, and Carla Gugino. It had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival and will screen in the Gala section at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.[1][2]
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Based on | The Friend by Sigrid Nunez |
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Cinematography | Giles Nuttgens |
Edited by | Isaac Hagy |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
In February 2022, it was announced Naomi Watts had joined the cast of the film, with Scott McGehee and David Siegel set to direct from a screenplay they wrote, based upon the 2018 novel of the same name by Sigrid Nunez.[3] In February 2024, Bill Murray, Sarah Pidgeon, Constance Wu, Ann Dowd, Noma Dumezweni, Felix Solis and Owen Teague joined the cast. In March 2024, Carla Gugino joined the cast.[4][5][6]
Principal photography began by February 2024, in New York City.[7][8]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 10 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.5/10.[9] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 70 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[10]
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