The Friend

An emotional heartfelt movie with an NYC feel

Certainly not a bad movie, but has its rough edges on a driven plot. It explores the grieving of a friend that has taken their life but does not go profoundly deep into what that looks like. The primary story revolves around Iris taking in Apollo (the Dane) and the challenges that causes, both emotionally and tangibly. What drew me to this movie was having a family Great Dane that recently passed. In ways, it helped me grieve, for which I am thankful. For anyone that has loved a dog, I think you’ll enjoy (and maybe shed a tear - that is entirely okay) and hopefully get a kind reminder of how important they can be. And certainly if you have lost a loved one to suicide, perhaps I hope there will be some empathy with you in the movie.

Great story! Heartwarming movie! Naomi was great as always and Murray as well! The star of the movie is Apollo the dog, so adorable! A sweet movie, especially if you love dogs.

Had read the both. This is a nice adaptation but the ending of the movie was more sentimental.

Bill Murray is great in this movie, as he is in almost every movie he's in ... but he's only in it for like ten minutes total. The rest of the movie really is boring, has no point, and the timing is way off. It's not *terrible* ... but it's not at all a *good* movie either, it's just a "barely watchable and hope you don't fall asleep from boredom" half-way decent watch.

Well done, but leaves you wanting more.

It was a sad movie.. but we enjoyed it… a good one to stream, esp if you love dogs.

Acting was good, the story was real. Great dog trainer and thought provoking, heartwarming. On the dislike side it was a little bit slow.

Interesting emotional story at times especially for dog people, with some humour and an excellent cast!

I really like the movie and the past sequences incorporated into it to bring it up to the modern day. Of course I love dog movies. Naomi Watts and Bill Murray were very good in it.