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My Best Friend

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Francois (Daniel Auteuil), a Parisian antique dealer, has little time or desire for personal relationships. When his business partner (Julie Gayet) challenges him to prove that he has a friend, the buddy-less Francois tries to find one. When his pathetic attempts fail, he hires a cab driver (Dany Boon) to teach him how to make and keep a real pal.

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Although the plot may sound contrived, the performances of Daniel Auteuil and Dany Boon manage to turn My Best Friend into an earnest and witty romp.

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Christy Lemire Associated Press 01/04/2008
Patrice Leconte has taken a story about male friendship, in all its posturing and potential vulnerability, and turned it into a light, smart, crowd-pleasing comedy. Go to Full Review
Peter Bradshaw Guardian 09/22/2007
3/5
You might well find it very silly, but it grew on me, and it's certainly based on an interesting premise. Go to Full Review
Nathan Rabin AV Club 09/22/2007
Auteuil and Boon's appealing performances keep the film engaging throughout, but it's easy to pine for a dark, challenging film with this premise, pitched more toward a harrowing emotional reckoning than this film's ambiguous but inevitable happy ending. Go to Full Review
Jonathan Kiefer Sacramento News & Review 08/07/2008
3/5
Marlow Stern Manhattan Movie Magazine 12/18/2007
4/5
Leconte has crafted an at once thoughtful, engaging, lighthearted, and melancholic entertainment about loneliness and friendship Go to Full Review
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10/27/2016 French language - with subtitles A whimsical, light hearted film, with Daniel Auteuil as a successful art dealer running a business with his gorgeous colleague. The film opens with them at an auction, where he bids crazily high for a greek vase that was ostensibly created by a friend for a friend, much to the annoyance and bafflement of his partner. It frames the basis of the film - he clearly has a sentimental regard for friendship and yet a bit later at a restaurant table filled with his colleagues it becomes clear that in fact he has no friends. They see him as a cold fish. To prove the point his work partner points out that she is a lesbian and he didn't even know it because he never asked about her personal life. So she places a bet - prove to them that he has a friend - a best friend - by the end of the month or he loses the vase. A bit later, in a taxi shared with his daughter, it is apparent that he does not even have a normal relationship with his own daughter, who refuses to call him dad or anything else. The taxi driver however, begins to spout out boring facts about the city. Auteuil now goes to a bookshop to buy a book 'How to Make Friends', which does not help. Then he realises that the taxi driver is naturally sociable and offers to pay him to teach him how to be friendly. The taxi man sees straight away that he hasn't a clue. We see a few scences where Auteuil fails miserably in making friends. He even tracks down an old school 'mate' but who quickly pours scorn on his efforts. Eventually though, he does make a friend - the taxi driver has his own issues, and Auteuil eventually helps him out as a good friend should. A charming, warm-hearted film. See more 08/21/2014 A guy without any perspective about friendship and the movie is a funny way to discover. There are people around me like this, so I know how to have them around :) See more 07/23/2014 Very simplistic premise with a very Odd Couple feeling. You can't help but fall in love with Bruno who helps this sad, bitter man find a heart. See more 07/11/2014 good french com-dram See more 03/18/2013 A best friend will be aware only he knowledge his/her bad impact inside. See more 08/06/2012 Awsom movie!!! Funny & will tug @ Ur heart strings!!! See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Francois (Daniel Auteuil), a Parisian antique dealer, has little time or desire for personal relationships. When his business partner (Julie Gayet) challenges him to prove that he has a friend, the buddy-less Francois tries to find one. When his pathetic attempts fail, he hires a cab driver (Dany Boon) to teach him how to make and keep a real pal.
Director
Patrice Leconte
Screenwriter
Jérôme Tonnerre, Patrice Leconte
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
Lucky Red, TF1 Films Productions
Rating
PG-13 (Some Strong Language)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 13, 2007, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 30, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.4M
Runtime
1h 35m
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