Friends (With Benefits) (2009)

Director:

Gorman Bechard

Writers:

Gorman Bechard (written by) and
Ashley McGarry (written by)

Release Date:

2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Most friendships are complicated. Some are more complicated than others.

Plot:

Meet Chloe and Owen: best buds since their sandbox days. Now, in med school as they attempt to balance the weight of their studies...

Awards:

3 wins

Status:

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Status Updated:

16 June 2009

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Cast

Margaret Laney	...	Chloe
Alex Brown	...	Owen
Anne Petersen	...	Alison
Jake Alexander	...	Jeff
Lynn Mancinelli	...	Shirley
Brendan Bradley	...	Brad
Marc Balfour	...	Richard 'Dick' Weed
Irene Longshore	...	Polly
Stefanie Estes	...	Tatiana
Rooney Mara	...	Tara
Bill Fairbairn	...	Owen's Father
Lynn Laurence	...	Owen's Mom
Ashley McGarry	...	Ashley
Sam Dingman	...	Sam
Jason Yachanin	...	Jason

Runtime:

USA:94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Filming Locations:

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Company:

What Were We Thinking Films

Trivia:

When Gorman Bechard wrote the first draft of the "Friends (with benefits)" script in 1999, he titled it "Fuck Buddies", but soon found that attracting a talented cast to a film of that name because rather difficult, thus forcing the name change. Though on his personal computer, anything related to the film is still kept in a folder named "Fuck Buddies".

all the components

So we settle in for a romantic/comic/sex farce kinda film and going in I'm in the pocket and the wife is on the fence. But guess what? We laughed, we were touched by the sensitivity between the laughs and in the end-I got laid! It's the perfect date movie. The photography is surprisingly lush for an indie film. The use of split screens never gets confusing or trite. The dialog is fast paced but just fast enough- funny jokes within jokes-let's just say I'm enthused.I want to quit my job to follow that rock band on tour- but maybe bring them a couple of songs.Or maybe it's just that I want to follow Chloe wherever she goes. Bechard has hit his artistic stride with this film.I'm hoping his treatment of "2nd Greatest Story" will be up to these standards- he's set his bar very high.