Drinking Buddies

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Drinking Buddies

R

Released Aug 23, 2013

1h 30m

Romance

Comedy

Drama

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Although they're both dating other people, two co-workers (Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson) hang out together in bars and try to ignore their mutual attraction.

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Critics Consensus

Smart, funny, and powered by fine performances from Olivia Wilde and Jake Johnson, Drinking Buddies offers a bittersweet slice of observational comedy.

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Noah Berlatsky

The Atlantic

Drinking Buddies is that thing that they say doesn't get made much anymore-a well-executed, charming, effective, and plausible romantic comedy.

Aug 28, 2019

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Anna Smith

metro.co.uk

Not much happens but it has plenty to say.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 6, 2017

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Francesca Steele

Independent (UK)

Drinking Buddies could suffer a little from its marketing, which may suggest to some audiences that it is just a regular rom com. But luckily, it is nothing like that. It is something much, much better.

Aug 11, 2017

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JD Duran

InSession Film

The film plays it straight, leaves resolution to be needed but yet is satisfying on every level. Again, in a film where every character and the entire aesthetic is inspired by realism, the movie ends on a note that elevates it to that position.

Rated: A-

Aug 16, 2024

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Elissa Suh

Moviepudding

Stripped of traditional glamor, Wilde is paradoxically incandescent. In the casual vestments of the Midwestern normie, she exudes that non-actor naturalism essential to this American subgenre.

Aug 18, 2022

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Scott Nye

Battleship Pretension

While I hope the traditional romantic comedy will continue to return in evermore-grand quality, this is a welcome diversion, and a lovely film all its own.

Feb 24, 2021

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Suzana Q

I watched this because the critic reviews are strong, but it was very unsatisfying. The roles were well-acted and the characters were plausible, but…the film felt like a pat on the back for alcoholism and emotional avoidance. It totally lacked depth and vulnerability. What’s “fun” in this movie became super boring; you’re stuck in a wheel of distraction, avoidance, and faux-lightheartedness. It’s real in the sense that there’s probably many people operating like this-and maybe that’s the point-but it leaves an aftertaste of mass-produced “art decor” with kitschy lines like “live, laugh, love”. An echo chamber of emotional emptiness.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/09/25

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Christine H

If there is no other movie left you have never seen, then maybe it's worth a watch.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/03/24

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Mike P

The critic/user rating discrepancy suggests that the former saw this mumblecore relationship drama (the sheen of irony that tinges the dialogue doesn’t qualify this movie as a dramedy) as realistic and subtle whereas the latter saw it as meandering, vague, and unsatisfying. I side with the users on this one. The ending isn’t so much anticlimactic as it is lacking any resolution whatsoever.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/11/24

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Simona B

It is sooo lame! I should have expected it, everything Olivia Wilde touches sucks so much.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/08/24

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Jed B

classic mumblecore unlikeable character bull

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/18/23

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Audience Member

2 co workers work at a beer factory in Chicago They hang out with two other people outside socializing and enjoying time at the bar Yet complications ensue as well as romantic encounters Anna Kendrick and Olivia Wilde are the only stand outs of the picture It's kinda hard to find these people likable The film is okay overall but director Joe Swanberg has some good actors

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/23/23

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Synopsis

Although they're both dating other people, two co-workers (Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson) hang out together in bars and try to ignore their mutual attraction.

Director: Joe Swanberg
Producer: Paul Bernon, Sam Slater, Andrea Roa, Joe Swanberg, Alicia Van Couvering
Screenwriter: Joe Swanberg
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: Burn Later Prods.
Rating: R (Language Throughout)
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 23, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $342.9K
Runtime: 1h 30m

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