Best F(r)iends: Volume 1

2017 "Friendship before money"
5.2| 1h43m| R| en
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When a drifter befriends a quirky mortician, an unlikely business partnership is formed. Paranoia soon develops, however, and both men are forced to come to terms with the fragility of friendship and loyalty.

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KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?
Whitech It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.
Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
Gresh854 Best F(r)iends was a bizarre, surreal experience, and I mean that in the most approving way possible. It's nice to see that Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero have crafted something truly original. I'm undeniably psyched to see Volume 2 this June! (Verdict: B+)
timofthecrew On a technical level it feels like a sophomore student film. It's really not well shot in many scenes. But I'm going to say this movie was competently insane. I'd go on but I know that I couldn't put a review for this experience into actual words. 9/10.
abuc40 It was ok. nothing really great about it or as memorable as the room. the best parts of the movie were the room references. they were very crafty and well placed. after that it was pretty blah. the production and acting were a little better but the plot lacked and i almost dozed off a few times. greg is definitely a talented guy but i really feel like he should let tommy write the scripts moving forward.
becky_foxxii On the 9th of September, Greg Sestero and Tommy Wiseau did a Q&A before the test screening of Best F(r)iends. A man got up and asked Sestero what inspired him to write the film. He replied that he felt no one had given Tommy the right part to play. He also told us not to expect The Room, and so I watched the film with a blank slate and tried not to make any assumptions.Best F(r)iends right from the beginning is a superb. Straight from the start, you are thrown into an emotional roller-coaster. Jon (Sestero) is homeless and is looking for money. Harvey (Wiseau) sees him from his car day after day and eventually offers him an unusual job. The two form an unlikely friendship. I will not spoil more than that, only to say that the film is much more complex than my simple summary and has so many different layers and a surprising story. What Sestero has written is truly original and unlike any film I have seen before, and when Sestero said he wanted to write the right role for Wiseau, he surely succeeded in doing so. What he's written is a work of art. It is coherent and it is beautiful.Forget what you may have thought about them from The Room: the characters in Best F(r)iends are utterly convincing and show two different but very real sides of humanity. Both Sestero and Wiseau's acting is phenomenal, gripping, and realistic. MacGregor's directing is fantastic. The filming and scenery is gorgeous.You will finish the film and you will want more.