New Best Friend

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New Best Friend

R

Released Apr 12, 2002

1h 31m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

LGBTQ+

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Alicia (Mia Kirshner) is a poor girl starting college. Hadley (Meredith Monroe), Julianne (Rachel True) and Sydney (Dominique Swain) are three well-off girls in a row house. Classes begin and Alicia is paired with Hadley to work on a sociology class project. At first rejected, Alicia is finally accepted into Hadley's clique where she is introduced to a world of privilege and dangerous thrills. But her attempts to become one of them ultimately land her in the hospital.

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Critics Consensus

Generic, confusing, and trashy, New Best Friend is a laughably bad, obvious campus whodunit.

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

A campus drama-cum-whodunit that's obvious and exploitative even by low-bar youthpic standards.

Jun 23, 2008

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Sergio Mims

Chicago Reader

A dull, generic title for a dull, generic film.

Mar 6, 2007

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

The party scenes deliver some tawdry kicks. The rest of the film ... is dudsville.

Rated: C

Apr 18, 2002

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Kit Bowen

Hollywood.com

The film could have done so much more -- but it just didn't.

Rated: 1/5

Nov 20, 2008

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Sep 13, 2005

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Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

New Best Friend shouldn't have gone straight to video; it should have gone straight to a Mystery Science Theater 3000 video.

Rated: 1/4

Jun 10, 2003

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The story was pretty good, I just didn't like how it was told.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

Those stars go only for the hot bodies, should it have more nudity, I would give it 5 stars

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

Not terrible, but not very good, either.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/28/23

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Audience Member

twisted teen-like movie

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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not bad but the lesbian scene is kinda decent

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Poor girl makes fools of the rich girls...

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Zoe Clarke-Williams

Director

Mia Kirshner

Alicia

Meredith Monroe

Hadley

Dominique Swain

Sydney

Scott Bairstow

Trevor

Rachel True

Julianne

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Synopsis

Alicia (Mia Kirshner) is a poor girl starting college. Hadley (Meredith Monroe), Julianne (Rachel True) and Sydney (Dominique Swain) are three well-off girls in a row house. Classes begin and Alicia is paired with Hadley to work on a sociology class project. At first rejected, Alicia is finally accepted into Hadley's clique where she is introduced to a world of privilege and dangerous thrills. But her attempts to become one of them ultimately land her in the hospital.

Director: Zoe Clarke-Williams
Producer: Frank Mancuso Jr.
Screenwriter: Victoria Strouse, Scott Ferraiolo
Distributor: TriStar Pictures
Production Co: TriStar Pictures
Rating: R (Language|Drug Use|Strong Sexuality)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 12, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $28.7K
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Surround, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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