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New Best Friend

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

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Dennis Harvey Variety 06/23/2008
A campus drama-cum-whodunit that's obvious and exploitative even by low-bar youthpic standards. Go to Full Review Sergio Mims Chicago Reader 03/06/2007
A dull, generic title for a dull, generic film. Go to Full Review Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly 04/18/2002
C
The party scenes deliver some tawdry kicks. The rest of the film ... is dudsville. Go to Full Review Kit Bowen Hollywood.com 11/20/2008
1/5
The film could have done so much more -- but it just didn't. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 09/13/2005
2/5
Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) 06/10/2003
1/4
New Best Friend shouldn't have gone straight to video; it should have gone straight to a Mystery Science Theater 3000 video. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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09/25/2017 The story was pretty good, I just didn't like how it was told. See more 06/05/2015 Those stars go only for the hot bodies, should it have more nudity, I would give it 5 stars See more 09/18/2013 Not terrible, but not very good, either. See more 04/24/2013 twisted teen-like movie See more 08/26/2012 not bad but the lesbian scene is kinda decent See more 08/05/2012 Poor girl makes fools of the rich girls... See more Read all reviews
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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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