My Best Friend
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65 out of 100

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  • Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Dany Boon, Julie Gayet
  • Summary: Francois is a middled-aged antique dealer. He has a stylish apartment and fabulous life, but at a dinner with a group he considers his dearest acquaintances, he is blindsided by the revelation that none of them actually likes him. He's arrogant, self-centered and harsh, and they don't believe he knows the meaning of friendship. His business partner Catherine makes him a bet: if he can produce his best friend, she will let him keep the massive Greek vase he acquired that afternoon on the company tab. If not, it's hers. (IFC Films)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 27
  3. Negative: 1 out of 27
  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: James Wegg
    90
    More a celebration of movement and music than a parable for our over-communicative, friend-lite, acquaintance-rich society.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    The film unfolds easily, with affection for the man no one likes, and at 95 minutes it doesn't overstay its welcome.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    60
    Not a bad film and veteran star Daniel Auteuil makes any film he inhabits an interesting place to visit. Perversely, its tissue-thin substance may even make the comedy more commercial in North America than such films of his as "Monsieur Hire" and "Ridicule."
  4. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Josh Rosenblatt
    30
    If sex, gangsters, and killing Nazis are three of the most enlivening topics in the movies, then let us count friendship as one of the most tiresome, right up there with grooming horses and sharing for sheer thrills.

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. VALERIEW.
    9
    Sweet and funny film about friendship. Only the French seem to be able to get a film like this right.
  2. JayW
    7
    A nice diversion that takes an overly circuitous but usually amusing route to a predictable conclusion. Not as tidy as the better French farces, but until American cinema comes up with something to match we'll settle for this!… Expand
  3. MarcK.
    7
    Let's not have parade or anything for this one, but it is sweet and entertaining. Barely rates a "7" in my book, but deserves it just the same.
  4. tj
    3
    The acting is fine. It seems fine for a while, but ends up being about as bad as an American made for tv movie. Very poor screenplay.

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