New Best Friend (2002)

Director:

Zoe Clarke-Williams

Writer (WGA):

Victoria Strouse (written by)

Release Date:

12 April 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

How far would you go to fit in?

Plot:

A North Carolina sheriff investigates the near-fatal drug overdose of an underachieving college girl, and uncovers many sordid details of her life before and during her decent into drugs and debauchery.

Plot Keywords:

Investigation | North Carolina | College | Drug Overdose | Sheriff

Cast

Mia Kirshner	...	Alicia Campbell
Meredith Monroe	...	Hadley Ashton
Dominique Swain	...	Sidney Barrett
Scott Bairstow	...	Trevor
Rachel True	...	Julianne Livingston
Taye Diggs	...	Sheriff Artie Bonner
Glynnis O'Connor	...	Connie Campbell
Joanna Canton	...	Sarah
Eric Michael Cole	...	Warren
Oliver Hudson	...	Josh
Dean James	...	Max
J. Michael Hunter	...	Charlie
Edmund Kearney	...	Dean (as Edmund J. Kearney)
Don Henderson Baker	...	Haas
Shawn Michelle Cosby	...	Joanie

Also Known As:

Depraved Indifference (USA) (working title)
Mary Jane's Last Dance (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, language and drug use.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Iceland:16 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Company:

FGM Entertainment

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Sydney and Alicia are talking on the bed, one of Alicia's lines doesn't match her lip movements.

Quotes:

Hadley Ashton: I'm warning you, back off Trevor or you'll be sorry!
Alicia Campbell: [sarcastic tone] Ooooo, I'm shaking.

Soundtrack:

Hey Baby

This Was a Pretty Good Movie.....

I think that those who rated this movie as a really bad movie just expected to much. I mean this was released direct to home video, so that should say something right out of the video store. This movie is what it is, a simple mystery movie, a simple click movie about taking in a nobody and making her a somebody and then regretting your decision when it comes back to haunt you. Towards the end I really felt sad for Hadley (Meredith Monroe) and could totally see why she did what she did. She built her lab partner, with good intentions mind you, from nothing into a resultant someone, and watched basically as she took her life away from her, all not meaning to do so....

Now would this movie have made it in the theaters? No, I don't think so. But considering the usual quality of movies that go directly to video, this is one of the better ones.

Bello