Our Friend
critic Reviews
, 84% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Our Friend's occasionally frustrating approach to dramatizing its fact-based story is often offset by a trio of starring performances led by a never-better Jason Segel.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLeonard Maltinleonardmaltin.com
I was tempted to dismissOur Friendas just another movie about a loved one's battle with a fatal disease. Then I watched it. Yes, it's a tearjerker, but it's derived from a first-person article and has three exceptional performances
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTy BurrBoston Globe
Some things remain a mystery. If we were a little bit better as people, this decent, clear-eyed movie hints, they might not.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDavid FearRolling Stone
Its strength really lies in its ability to recognize grief, in all of its raggedness and messiness, and not shy away from it.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCary DarlingHouston Chronicle
While "Our Friend" is effective as drama - the acting is uniformly excellent - and is beautifully shot, the film pulls its punches to its, and the audience's, detriment.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNell MinowMovie Mom
Gabriela Cowperthwaite imbues the film with enormous compassion for its characters and the lead actors, especially Segel, bring endless warmth and humanity to their roles.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreA.A. DowdAV Club
Our Friend spares us the gory details at almost every turn, cleaning up a story whose power stemmed, heavily, from its willingness to be gruelingly truthful about what cancer can do to the body.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSteven ProkopyThird Coast Review
Our Friend sets the bar higher for what compassion, kindness, and empathy are meant to be.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNeil SoansThe Times of India
Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite allows some of the more solemn moments to truly sink in, which often makes this a tough watch.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLinda CookOurQuadCities / WHBF-TV (Illinois)
'Our Friend' is a compelling true story of friendship and loss.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLauren VenezianiDC Film Girl
Dakota Johnson, Jason Segel and Casey Affleck are incredible together in this movie that shows how vital our best friends are.
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