Friendship

West Coast Premiere with director Andrew DeYoung in conversation with Aidy Bryant

Saturday, April 5, 7:00 p.m. @ Vidiots The Eagle Theater (w/Q&A)

Director: Andrew DeYoung
United States, 2025, 110 min, DCP

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives.

Evoking darkly funny bromances like The Cable Guy and the absurdist, anything-goes 2000s comedies of David Wain, Andrew DeYoung’s feature debut is a gut-bustingly funny, absurdist portrait of male bonding, starring the gifted comedians Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd at their very best. Suburban dad Craig (Robinson) is bumbling through his corporate marketing job and domestic bliss with his wife (Kate Mara) until he meets his neighbor Austin (Rudd), a local TV weatherman whose all-around ease through life is everything he wants. But when a faux pas ruptures their budding friendship, Craig will do anything it takes to win him back. With a refreshingly anarchic, increasingly discomfiting spin on man-child hijinks, Friendship is among the funniest American comedies in recent years.

Language: English

Distributor: A24

Prior Screenings: Toronto International Film Festival 2024

Cast: Tim Robinson, Kate Mara, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Paul Rudd

Producers: Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz, Nick Weidenfeld, Johnny Holland
Writer: Andrew DeYoung
Director of Photography: Andy Rydzewski
Production Design: Rocio Gimenez
Editing: Sophie Corra
Music Supervisors: Rob Lowry, Mia Riggins
Music: Keegan DeWitt
Casting: Melissa DeLizia, CSA