Peter's Friends
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Movie Reviews of Peter's Friends
Movie Review: It's about time!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I have been waiting YEARS for this to come out! This is a great movie about college friends who get together about 10 years later and reminisce about their years in school and the time in between.Movie Review: Peter's Friends
Summary: 4 Stars
Peter's Friends is a warm and funny story of friendship and the changes we all go through. The cast is brilliant. They all blend well togther and are total believable as friends.Movie Review: Darling! Finally on DVD!
Summary: 4 Stars
Absolutely happy with the DVD. Bare bones package, no "special" features beyond scene selection. Nicely done, even so. Good print, good balance between soundtrack and dialogue.Movie Review: The Big Thrill?
Summary: 3 Stars
Upon watching this movie, I was reminded of The Big Chill. After the movie, I saw that the DVD blurb compared it to The Big Chill. Wow, I feel intelligent now.
Seriously, the beginning was so god-awful bad that it turned me against the movie. But I'm so glad I kept watching. At the end, when they referred back to the beginning to complete the cycle, the formula was complete. For me, that part didn't work and was downright painful in its stupidity. But everything in between was brilliant. How strange.
Look at the cast, and you will expect great acting. You'll get it. I already knew Rita Rudner as a perceptive and funny stand-up comic. As you would expect, that does translate to her writing. It turns out she can act, too.
Actually, I see 3.5 or 3.75 stars here. But some of the other reviewers were a bit too complimentary, so I thought I'd rein them in a bit. It's a character-driven, perceptive gem of a film, and I'll be generous and assume that the "sexpot" character was meant to be every bit annoying as she is. I've forgotten her name, or to care. It's a fine film indeed.
Movie Review: So close to being a good film
Summary: 3 Stars
This film is so close to being wonderful--the cast is incredible, the story is great, and the locations are super. But, things just don't hang together in tone or content to make it truly touching or truly funny. Hugh Laurie and Imelda Staunton deliver wonderful and touching performances and that in itself is worth the price of the DVD. But, the Kenneth Branagh - Rita Rudner characters are the backbone of the piece and that relationship never becomes understandable. Plus, the tone moves from slapstick to serious without any real connective pieces. Okay, I will probably watch it again and maybe even again--I mean just watching the Cambridge Footlights crew together is a pleasure (and Stephen Fry always makes me smile). This film is often compared to "The Big Chill" but it doesn't deliver the same impact.