Product Details

• Actors: Greg Bernardi, Lou Bernardi, Lou Cantelmo, Jay Gordon (II), Hayley Guzman
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: New Line Home Video
• DVD Release Date: February 15, 2005
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006Q948W
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #64,262 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Called "fresh and powerful" by the New York Post Amongst Friends is a fascinating and haunting portrait of friendship bound by money power and greed. Acclaimed director Rob Weiss delivers a powerhouse film in this action-packed critically acclaimed portrayal of three young friends inducted into the fast lane of criminal life. Billy Trevor and Andy are three friends from a wealthy suburb who have everything they've ever wanted except respect. When they discover the "small-time hustle" and the respect it commands on the street they soon realize the games they once played as friends now have deadly consequences...and the price of success is betrayal.Running Time: 88 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 794043770227

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites, November 8, 2004

By	M. Kenney (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Amongst Friends [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This Independent Film has all the ingredients for a great movie....romance, violence and drama! The music during the robbery scene really gets your heart pumping! I didnt care much for the characters Vic and Sal who only appeared for a few short moments in the film (they were annoying and gave the movie a comedy vibe that didn't fit at all). Everytime a friend is over that hasn't watched Amongst Friends, I put it on. I never had one person say that they didn't like the movie. Everyone thinks it was a "really good" movie.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This movie rocked., September 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Amongst Friends [VHS] (VHS Tape)

We're talking rich kids from the 5 towns here. Rap, wannabe gansters from Long Island, New York with babes, selling drugs and killing each other. What more can you ask for? And a great soundtrack. One of the best movies ever made in March of 1993 about rich Long Island kids who want to be gangsters.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Wanna Be, July 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Amongst Friends [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Amonst Friends is sort of a fun movie, but it takes itself way too seriously and in so doing becomes somewhat of a parody of itself.

The movie follows three wealthy kids from Hewlett Harbor as they grow from bad kids (steal money, pick fights) to adult versions where they dress better and drive nice cars. It is a story of three kids who seem to do whatever they can to follow the wrong path. Ultimately, they betray each other in the worst sort of way.

There are lot of holes to this story. The old Jewish guy (his sweaters and jewelry are hilarious) orders hits based on no information whatsoever. One of the men the film follows from childhood is often nervous and embarassed by his life and wants something more. But this part of him is never explored - in fact, most of the characters in this movie are one dimensional and flat. Even in mob movies we see ruthless killers evaluate the choices they've made and the life they lead. This rarely comes into play, and it should have. Being wealthy, streetsmart kids from Long Island, the characters should be very aware of the options (college, moving to another place, opening up a legitimate business, etc) they waived for the life they chose. In the beginning of the movie, we can see what the boys dream of becoming, and then we flash forward to see which ones "made" it and which ones didn't. The movie offers no insight into what they did to get there, and how they went about it, which is perhaps the most important and could have been the most interesting facet of the movie.

This film is entertaining, but the story is predictable and flat, with few surprises. When the movie ends, you do not know the characters well. The theme is basically that what they all thought they wanted, a tough, rich, powerful lifestyle, tore their friendships apart in a desperate battle of egos and one upmanship.

A lot more could have been done here.