Friends and Strangers

Released Feb 25, 2022

1h 24m

Comedy

Drama

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18 Reviews

Friends and Strangers is a comedy-drama that explores displacement, disconnection and ennui in contemporary Australia through the eyes of two upper-middle class millennials.

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Alissa Wilkinson

Vox

Feels a little bit like a throwback to the indie mumblecore movement of the aughts, but with a distinctive and slightly absurdist Australian twist.

Aug 5, 2022

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David Stratton

The Australian

Tantalisingly enigmatic.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 23, 2022

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

For all its quizzical menace, Friends and Strangers is an oddly enticing film, not immune to the allure of affluence and leisure and committed to gratifying the viewer with a stream of small surprises.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 10, 2022

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Victor Esquirol

Otroscines.com

... An hour and a half of tableaux vivants that combine Costumbrism with surrealism, filtered by the contemplation of placidity. [Full review in Spanish]

Sep 7, 2022

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Jane Freebury

Jane Freebury

A distinctive, witty take on youthful alienation among the affluent and the hip, with an affectless main character on a journey of little consequence that captures the zeitgeist of disaffected youth who havent yet figured out how to be

Rated: 4/5

Apr 11, 2022

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

Mumblecore style films can be challenging if the story and characters arent strong enough, and this loosely-structured, talky Australian indie walks the line at a dangerously close pace. The disposable dialogue is toughest thing to sit through.

Apr 5, 2022

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Audience Member

This movie felt like it didn’t have anything at all to say . I don’t know who read this script and thought let’s make it a movie . The acting was all good and everything but what was the point? 1.6

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/11/22

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Synopsis

Friends and Strangers is a comedy-drama that explores displacement, disconnection and ennui in contemporary Australia through the eyes of two upper-middle class millennials.

Director: James Vaughan
Producer: Amiel Courtin-Wilson
Screenwriter: James Vaughan
Distributor: Grasshopper Film
Production Co: Leitourgia Films
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English (Australia)
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 25, 2022, Limited
Runtime: 1h 24m

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