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Your Friends & Neighbors is a american film of genre Drama directed by Neil LaBute released in USA on 21 august 1998 with Amy Brenneman
Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 21 august 1998
Length 1h40
Directed by Neil LaBute
OriginUSA
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Rating62%
Your Friends & Neighbors is a 1998 black comedy film written and directed by Neil LaBute and starring Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart, Catherine Keener, Nastassja Kinski, Jason Patric, and Ben Stiller in an ensemble cast. This film was the first to be reviewed on the website Rotten Tomatoes. The film's credit sequences feature music by Apocalyptica.
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Set in an unnamed American city, two urban, middle-class couples deal with their unhappy relationships by lying and cheating in their quest for happiness. Jerry (Stiller), is a theater instructor who is married to Terri (Keener), a writer who is alienated and unfulfilled with his love-making skills. Jerry and Terri have dinner with Mary (Brenneman), a writer friend of Terri's, and Barry (Eckhart) a business executive who is oblivious to his wife's unhappiness. During dinner, Mary talks about writing a local newspaper column about bickering couples and their troubles, while Barry does not think that other couple problems are anyone else's concern. After dinner, Jerry discreetly asks Mary out on a date. Mary, out of frustration, accepts.Actors
Amy Brenneman
(Mary)
Aaron Eckhart
(Barry)
Catherine Keener
(Terri)
Nastassja Kinski
(Cheri)
Jason Patric
(Cary)
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