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Peter's Friends

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After inheriting a large country estate from his late father, Peter (Stephen Fry) invites his friends from college: married couple Roger (Hugh Laurie) and Mary (Imelda Staunton), the lonely Maggie (Emma Thompson), fashionable Sarah (Alphonsia Emmanuel) and writer Andrew (Kenneth Branagh), who brings his American TV star wife, Carol (Rita Rudner). Sarah's new boyfriend, Brian (Tony Slattery), also attends. It has been 10 years since college, and they find their lives are very different.
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Neil Jillett The Age (Australia) 04/13/2022
There are some amusing scenes built around the splattering of smart gags, but this is a comedy that always finds bathos when it hunts for pathos, and seems powered by desperation rather than energy. Go to Full Review Tom Ryan The Age (Australia) 04/13/2022
0/3
There are some funny lines In Peter's Friends, but the film amounts to little more than a collection of broadly drawn sketches In search of a structure. Go to Full Review David Ansen Newsweek 05/25/2018
The clever, facile Peter's Friends doesn't bear much scrutiny, and its attempts at pathos are more opportunistic than earned. Still, Branagh knows how to put on a lively show. Go to Full Review Kat Halstead Common Sense Media 03/15/2023
3/5
There are funny moments, tender moments, and moments that don't quite gel. But the decades-long connection at the heart is tenderly played and anchors the surrounding chaos right through to the final scene. Go to Full Review Ed Whitfield The Ooh Tray 03/29/2020
What felt sincere and reassuring in 1992, seems indulgent and stilted today. Go to Full Review Vanessa Letts The Spectator 07/25/2018
Anyone else who is going to require a bit of preparatory jollying up should probably avoid this production. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Ken C @Coolrunning2009 Sep 30 Well I completely confused when Prime Streaming said the movie was released in 2025 but it’s actually the 1992 film with a young Stephen fry etc. It’s funny in places, a bit awkward, and disjointed but it’s enjoyable and worth the effort to see the whole movie. See more No E Aug 19 It's a disjointed series of sketches without structure. A very strong cast cannot redeem a quite dreadful and gratuitously vulgar script. See more Ed L @ed65love 01/07/2025 Great cast, boring as (&*#$. What a shame. I couldn't stand more than ten minutes. See more Blu B 02/15/2024 A Classic Dramedy. It's amazing given the fact we have so many characters that most of them do not blend in and are super memorable. Let alone the fact they are the best things in this and are written very interestingly. The dialouge is good and cynical, the humor is solid, and everyone has solid chemistry. The cinemaography is really well done. The long takes when they are all together have exceptional camerawork and the setting is really memorable. The music is also really well done. The editing and pacing are solid as well. This does jump around a bit with multiple subplots and some wrap up quicker than others. However, it's just so interesting to watch these characters interact and the dramedy unfold between them as they reconnect after so long. It defintely helps the direction is super strong because if these characters didn't pop or weren't as well acted this would take a big step down. This isn't for everyone though that being said. The humor can be a bit mean spirited and cynical for some and it's heavily character driven rather than plot driven. But anyone who likes darker comedies, dramedies, the director, or any actors in this should give this a try. See more PridePosterStudios 09/20/2023 Well at least Peter’s friends were better than Fox’s. See more Test T @TestTest1 09/02/2023 Not bad, but I ended up thinking it wasn't my kind of movie. The trouble for me was that not much happened. The characters develop nicely, but to what end? It did keep my attention, but I don't know why. See more Read all reviews
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Kenneth Branagh

Director

Kenneth Branagh

Andrew Benson

Emma Thompson

Maggie Chester

Stephen Fry

Peter Morton

Alphonsia Emmanuel

Sarah Johnson

Hugh Laurie

Roger Charleston

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Synopsis After inheriting a large country estate from his late father, Peter (Stephen Fry) invites his friends from college: married couple Roger (Hugh Laurie) and Mary (Imelda Staunton), the lonely Maggie (Emma Thompson), fashionable Sarah (Alphonsia Emmanuel) and writer Andrew (Kenneth Branagh), who brings his American TV star wife, Carol (Rita Rudner). Sarah's new boyfriend, Brian (Tony Slattery), also attends. It has been 10 years since college, and they find their lives are very different.
Director
Kenneth Branagh
Production Co
The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Renaissance Films, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Channel Four Films
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 1, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.1M
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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