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Alexandre Steiger, Dominique Blanc, Jacques Bonnaffe, Malik Zidi, Natacha Régnier ...( see more  see more... ) , Thomas Blanchard

Eloi and Alexandre meet Andre on the first day of the academic year. Seduced by his cool behavior, charisma and intelligence, they easily fall prey to his charm. Andre offers them friendship and mento...( read more  read more... )ring in return for a pledge of loyalty. Overcome with admiration, Eloi and Alexandre bow to the harsh discipline until the day that he leaves them pretending he has earned a scholarship at an American University. Suddenly left to their own devices, Eloi and Alexandre have nobody to turn to and must grow up.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Emmanuel Bourdieu

Release Date: October 13, 2006

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DVD Release Date: July 17, 2007

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Flixster Reviews (55)

  • ShellyLuca
    September 16, 2009
    ShellyLuca
    AHHHHHH friends........
  • makingtoche
    October 16, 2007
    makingtoche
    Film lent, très lent... Pas trop aimer, mais c'est vrai que c'est intéressant voir aller le personnage principale... Bonne psycologie.. Mais un peu trop long!
  • nickris12
    July 28, 2007
    nickris12
    uummm.......idk rite now..lol
  • adecker31
    April 29, 2007
    adecker31
    C'est horrible...

    So fucking stupid I wanted to strangle it...it was about as psychologically complex as a pez dispenser...
  • rozadee92
    April 28, 2007
    rozadee92
    no y dont these people get it i dont want 2 c it if theres not a pic. hellow
  • edmonton94
    February 2, 2007
    edmonton94
    This is totally not a movie for me.

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Critic Reviews

April 27, 2007
Kyle Smith, New York Post

The movie seems an act of score-settling by someone who got singed by a critic. Fair enough, and André's deviousness makes the film slyly credible, too. full review

April 27, 2007
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Has a degree of energy, an appetite for strong feelings and big ideas, notably missing in American movies about the young and overeducated, which tend to specialize in mumbled ironies and tiny epiphan...

October 3, 2006
Marcy Dermansky, About.com

The screenplay and direction of Emmanuel Bourdieu's Poison Friends is as pompous and blind to reality as Morley [the main character] himself. full review

October 2, 2006
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Has little to say about friendship other than that it's sometimes maintained by less-than-kind motives and reciprocated with equal coldness. full review

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