Unhappy couples fall apart and hop into other beds with other people.
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Neil LaButeWriter:
Neil LaBute
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Title: Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Amy Brenneman | ... | Mary | |
| Aaron Eckhart | ... | Barry | |
| Catherine Keener | ... | Terri | |
| Nastassja Kinski | ... | Cheri | |
| Jason Patric | ... | Cary | |
| Ben Stiller | ... | Jerry | |
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Theater instructor Jerry starts an affair with Mary, and that starts a chain of events that affect their respective partners Terri and Barry and other characters in the film, creating a web of relationships. Written by Anonymous
Plot Keywords:
male friendship | repeated scene | impotence | unhappiness | male nudity |Taglines:
A modern immorality tale. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for graphic sexual dialogue, strong sexuality and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
21 August 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Friends and Neighbors See more »Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USAEdit
Box Office
Budget:
$5,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$340,288, 23 August 1998, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$4,710,749, 1 November 1998Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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The filmmaker's wished for the audience to be unclear on the film's location, claiming it "Anytown, USA". They purposely avoided any distinguishing shots of the city, and even had to digitally erase some palm trees in the background of some scenes. See more »Crazy Credits
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In the last three years or so we have had three memorable nights of theatre at the Almeida in London in the capable hands of Neil La Bute: Bash, The Distance From Here and especially The Shape of Things. We were very much looking forward to this film.
No surprise, then, that Your Friends and Neighbors (sic) has horrible people, sexual violence, nihilism and a fine, well-chosen cast.
The IMDB jury seems split on whether this is a fine film or a dreadful film; on balance in my view it is a fine film. However, there is little filmic about it and one wonders whether it should have been a play rather than a film.
Of course there's no money in theatre and Neil La Bute has to pay the gas bill sometimes, but I'm not sure this piece is as strong on film as it could be on stage. In that regard, it reminds me of Mamet's Sexual Perversity in Chicago / About Last Night - except I really didn't like that film whereas Your Friends and Neighbors kept our attention throughout and got us talking at length afterwards.
We thought it was well worth seeing.