With Friends Like These...

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With Friends Like These...

R

Released Sep 10, 1998

1h 45m

Comedy

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Casting agents for an upcoming Martin Scorsese movie suggest that actor Johnny DiMartino (Robert Costanzo) try out for a part, and he thinks it might be his big break. When his fellow actor buddies, Steve Hersh (Adam Arkin), Armand Minetti (David Strathairn) and Dorian Mastandrea (Jon Tenney), hear about Johnny's opportunity, they marvel at his good fortune. Soon, as their bemused significant others look on, the four pals are trying to outmaneuver one another and win a spot in the film's cast.

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Andrew Sarris

Observer

The incessant betrayals and confidences become monotonous after a time, and the film sinks into the familiar swamp of suburban futility.

Mar 10, 2005

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Elizabeth Weitzman

New York Daily News

The movie works as well as it does because the cast knows the material so intimately.

Feb 25, 2005

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

Only sporadically amusing.

Rated: 2/4

Feb 25, 2005

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Film Threat

Rated: 4/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jul 4, 2005

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Eric Monder

Film Journal International

The question of why this film is being re-released is superseded by the question of who would want to watch it.

Mar 24, 2005

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Steve D

With scripts like these...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/28/24

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would love to see it!

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Philip Frank Messina

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Synopsis

Casting agents for an upcoming Martin Scorsese movie suggest that actor Johnny DiMartino (Robert Costanzo) try out for a part, and he thinks it might be his big break. When his fellow actor buddies, Steve Hersh (Adam Arkin), Armand Minetti (David Strathairn) and Dorian Mastandrea (Jon Tenney), hear about Johnny's opportunity, they marvel at his good fortune. Soon, as their bemused significant others look on, the four pals are trying to outmaneuver one another and win a spot in the film's cast.

Director: Philip Frank Messina
Producer: Penny Marshall, Amy Lemisch, Robert Greenhut
Screenwriter: Philip Frank Messina
Distributor: New Line Cinema, Miramax Films
Production Co: Parkway Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 10, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 14, 2015
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Dolby, Surround
Aspect Ratio: 35mm

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