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Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)

Starring: Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart Director: Neil LaBute Rating: NC-17 Format: DVD
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)


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  • Actors: Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart, Ben Stiller, Nastassja Kinski, Catherine Keener
  • Directors: Neil LaBute
  • Writers: Neil LaBute
  • Producers: Jason Patric, Alix Madigan, Philip Steuer, Stephen Pevner, Steve Golin
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Subtitles: English, French
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rating: NC-17
  • Studio: Polygram USA Video
  • DVD Release Date: July 13, 1999
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 6305461236
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #92,063 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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In the age of ever-increasing crassness on screen (see the Farrelly brothers' comedies), there are some filmmakers who can make serious commentary instead of just throwaway gags. Neil LaBute's second feature is a corkscrew comedy of savage, bitter people who can't find happiness in many a thing, let alone sex. The film is not as tight or commanding as his first feature, the black-hearted In the Company of Men, but he gives six nameless characters six juicy parts with plenty to talk about. The emotional punch is devastating for those trying to find love and happiness on celluloid. One wife and husband (Amy Brenneman, Men's Aaron Eckhart) are nice people, living in a dream home, who can't connect sexually. Drama teacher Ben Stiller and live-in girlfriend Catherine Keener may just work out if, well, he didn't talk all the time. Stiller confesses his love for best friend Eckhart's wife; Keener starts an affair with artist assistant Nastassja Kinski. Then there's Jason Patric (who also produced) as a calculating, misogynistic doctor who has not had a peer on film or theater since David Mamet's Sexual Perversity in Chicago (which took a different film form as About Last Night...). Manipulative and forward, he's the white-hot core to LaBute's fire and has the monologue of the year to boot. LaBute's callous films aren't for everybody, but there is an art and clear-headedness to his work that most American independent filmmakers can't create on screen. Note: the six characters speak the only lines in the film, although through careful editing it never seems this way. --Doug Thomas


From The New Yorker

Another dirty comedy of bad manners from director Neil LaBute. The contemptuous heroes of his last picture, "In the Company of Men," were venal enough, but, compared to the inhabitants of the new movie, they seem about as noxious as the Hardy Boys. This time we are introduced to two couples: Mary (Amy Brenneman) lives with Barry (Aaron Eckhart), while Terri (Catherine Keener) lives with Jerry (Ben Stiller). Jerry starts an affair with Mary (what does she see in him?), Terri falls for a gallery assistant called Cheri (Nastassja Kinski), and Barry, the only sensible one, continues to have sex with himself. It's hard to care about the damage these people do to each other, since most of it will strike the audience as richly deserved. LaBute's attempt to follow in the footsteps of Restoration comedy is undercut by the fact that his dialogue is only fitfully funny, and you can't help but feel soured by the flat, ritualistic look of the action. The one enlivening performance comes, surprisingly, from Jason Patric; he plays a good-looking monster named Cary, and he has the nerve to suggest that, in a glum world, he's actually having fun. -Anthony Lane
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely not entertaining.., April 25, 2003
By L. Quido "quidrock" (Tampa, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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by any stretch of the viewers' imagination! Director Neil LaBute does not seek to entertain, but to expose, in this morality play, I think.

There are six players in the film version of social-sexual arrogance. Initially, you view them with varying degrees of interest, but by the end of the film, you dislike all of them, some more than most.

LaBute, with slightly more budget than he had for his breakthrough debut, "In the Company of Men" (ICM), uses it wisely to attract excellent role-players, then films it well, in all indoor, and slightly claustrophobic settings. He continues his theme of the cruelty of the alpha male, to both the other sex, and his own male friends.

Although each of the actors plays well (I particularly liked Aaron Eckhart, playing against type and doing a "180" from his role in ICM, as a poorly groomed, chubby and needy husband and friend) there is no question that the film is sought out by film afficianados to observe the performance of Jason Patric.
From the opening scene, Patric makes your skin crawl at the depths of his ability to hate the fairer sex. His hold over Stiller & Eckhart's characters is resonant in the fascinating steam room scene. Patric, deliberately cruel, is self-assured enough to fall into reverie about his infliction of power in a past homosexual rape. His intensity and believability make you wonder why Colin Farrell is getting all the good roles when Patric is a far more powerful actor.

In this film, LaBute does not exceed his earlier work (ICM) but puts us on warning that he is a force to be reckoned with in filmmaking.

A caution; most filmgoers will abhor this film. My recommendation is to see it for the experience, not the entertainment.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Serious exploration of self-centeredness, January 4, 2003
By David Bonesteel (Fresno, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This film follows the interrelations of six "friends" as they grope for self-fulfillment, usually at each other's expense. This is a grim, often ugly exploration of selfishness, featuring characters that somehow never developed the sense of empathy or generosity that enables one human being to connect with another on more than a superficial level. They equate being happy with being in a position of power over others wherein they are able to gratify their urges of the moment. When their behavior fails to make them happy, they become more jaded and sad and convinced that happiness is only a fantasy. A possible exception is the chilling sociopath played by Jason Patric, who appears to be entirely satisfied with his reprehensible conduct. In a cast of dislikable characters, he emerges as one of the most loathsome figures I have ever seen in a film. Perhaps not coincidentally, he is also the alpha among the film's male characters.

Director/writer Neil LaBute's dialogue is sharp and telling. This is a serious and courageous exploration of the dark side of human nature.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Dark, comical, and disturbing, August 29, 2004
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I liked this movie because it is original, and you get very absorbed in the characters. The acting is very good, the story ties together, and it holds your attention. Best of all, at least for those who appreciate dark humor, this is very comical. It is, in my personal opinion, a brilliant, well directed film.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Lacerating drama
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An intense and unsparing film from Neil LaBute, who was quite a writer/director before he did The Wicker Man, Your Friends & Neighbors is a... Read more
Published 4 months ago by One-Line Film Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars With the friends like Mary, Barry, Terri, Cheri, Cary and Jerry

"Your Friends and Neighbors" (1998) is the second film by director/writer Neil LaBute and it tells the story of three couples and their complicated friendships and... Read more
Published on January 30, 2007 by Galina

4.0 out of 5 stars Quirky and weird, yet I can't stop watching
Yeah, what to really say about "Your Friends And Neighbors", kind of an all star cast, and definately not what to expect in a movie. Read more
Published on January 3, 2007 by B. Stutsky

3.0 out of 5 stars The Cast is simply great but it really doesnt have a point
Your Friends & Neighbors stars Jason Patric (NARC, The Alamo), Nastassja Kinski (One Night Stand, Little Boy Blue), Ben Stiller (Envy, Duplex), Catherine Keener (The 40 Year Old... Read more
Published on November 13, 2005 by Mike Bolts

2.0 out of 5 stars Say what?
Im confused. Are we supposed to like anyone in this movie? Are we supposed to believe that these people hung together long enough to fall apart in the time frame of this movie... Read more
Published on August 3, 2005 by Justin Ratcliff

4.0 out of 5 stars A search for happiness in the wrong places...
Your Friends & Neighbors is tale about six people and their immoral connection to one another, which is based on sex. Read more
Published on January 25, 2004 by Kim Anehall

4.0 out of 5 stars nicely done comedy/whatever you wanna call it
Jason Patric is the standout in this movie, no doubt. He delivers another outstanding performance as the doc. Then comes Nastassja Kinski.. Read more
Published on December 5, 2003 by Michael Bolts

3.0 out of 5 stars Ugly personality of the year competition
The movie is not boring and the acting is good, but these are about the only good things I can say about this film. Read more
Published on July 24, 2003 by Tsila Sofer Elguez

1.0 out of 5 stars Shallow, boring, and wrong...
This is the movie about the meanest, cruelest, most socially unpleasant people ever. One could view it as dark comedy, but there is nothing funny about it. Read more
Published on May 16, 2003 by L. Varnau

5.0 out of 5 stars the most entertaining film in years..
I have recommended this film to everyone I meet, and I'm almost to the point where I can do Jason Patric's "Sauna" monologue perfectly, but in the end, it's a film that... Read more
Published on March 18, 2003 by Mr. Virgil N.

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