Film · 2025
The Friend
1h 59mRDirected by David Siegel, Scott McGehee
- Comedy
- Drama
New York City writer Iris finds her comfortable, solitary life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor bequeaths her a Great Dane named Apollo. The huge dog immediately creates practical problems for Iris, from furniture destruction to eviction notices, as well as more existential ones. Yet as Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding with Apollo, she begins to come to terms with her past, and her own creative inner life.
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Cast
Naomi WattsIris
Bill MurrayWalter
Ann DowdMarjorie
Constance WuTuesday
Sarah PidgeonVal
Carla GuginoElaine
Noma DumezweniBarbara
Felix SolisHektor
Owen TeagueCarter
BingApollo
Gina CostiganJocelyn
Josh PaisJerry
Details
- Director
- David Siegel, Scott McGehee
- Writer
- Scott McGehee, David Siegel
- Novel
- Sigrid Nunez
- Music
- Trevor Gureckis, Jay Wadley
- Cinematography
- Giles Nuttgens
- Editor
- Isaac Hagy
- Producer
- David Siegel, Liza Chasin, Scott McGehee
- Release
- March 28, 2025
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Rated
- R
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Big Creek Projects, 3dot Productions
- TMDB score
- 6.7 / 10 from 131 votes
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