Featured Audience Ratings

• Jim H

  
  Six people with various sexual inadequacies act cruelly toward one another. Because it's essentially a character study, I couldn't think of a better way to sum up the plot of <i>Your Friends and Neighbors</i>. Neil LaBute is the expert at giving us unpardonable… More
  Six people with various sexual inadequacies act cruelly toward one another. Because it's essentially a character study, I couldn't think of a better way to sum up the plot of <i>Your Friends and Neighbors</i>. Neil LaBute is the expert at giving us unpardonable characters doing cruel things, but the plot and characters' actions are usually designed to expose a societal foible or comment upon the inevitable impossibility of human connection and communication. I think about <i>The Shape of Things</i> where LaBute shows us how people transform themselves -- oftentimes essentially -- to please a significant other or the play <i>Fat Pig</i> in which social pressures convince a man to deny himself of love. These works are LaBute at his finest, but on the other hand is <i>In the Company of Men</I> in which people do cruel things because they can. And in <i>Your Friends and Neighbors</i> people do cruel things because they can. The film's most redeeming qualities are its actors. The best performance comes from Jason Patric, whose monologue in the sauna is one of the most haunting moments in the film, and his character's "It's my time now" philosophy is articulated in some of LaBute's best sentences. Overall, though LaBute's dialogue is very good and the actors are fantastic, there isn't a substantive story or a guiding theme to move the film along; it remains a character study, stagnant, like many of the lives it depicts.

• Michael S

  
  Neil LaBute's follow up to "In the Company of Men" is another brilliantly vicious and savage dark dramedy... this time focusing on the destruction of a few unhappy couples and the web of "relationships" spawned during and in the aftermath. LaBute is in a… More
  Neil LaBute's follow up to "In the Company of Men" is another brilliantly vicious and savage dark dramedy... this time focusing on the destruction of a few unhappy couples and the web of "relationships" spawned during and in the aftermath. LaBute is in a league of his own when it comes to making a film about completely repulsive and unlikeable people and having his film be anything but. He cooks with disturbing material here, but manages to keep it riveting, real, and frequently (uncomfortably) comedic. Strong cast, but Jason Patrick is the standout, giving a career best performance and laying down one of the most unforgettable and disturbing speeches I've heard in the movies. "Your Friends and Neighbors" is an excellent film with A LOT to say. Viewers who can handle the film's harsh subject-matter will be rewarded.

• Steven C

  
  Neil LaBute's "Your Friends & Neighbors" is quite possibly the meanest film I have ever seen. These characters are some of, if not, the worst I have ever come across. What makes them worse than, say Hannibal Lecter, is how they stealthily move behind each others… More
  Neil LaBute's "Your Friends & Neighbors" is quite possibly the meanest film I have ever seen. These characters are some of, if not, the worst I have ever come across. What makes them worse than, say Hannibal Lecter, is how they stealthily move behind each others backs to wound each other in the worst and most emotionally damaging ways. You should not be treading lightly when you sit down to view this picture. It's a nasty piece of work. So then why is my rating so high? Because it's also a terrific film. The acting is tremendous and LaBute (who is also a playwright) has some insanely fine tuned dialogue. My guess is that if you don't like hard relationship drama's like "Closer" you wont even come across "Your Friends & Neighbors," and I think that those who search it out will find much to admire. Think of this film as what would become of the college kids in Roger Avery's "The Rules of Attraction" once they hit middle age.

• Film C

  
  its an ok movie a bit weird and some of the time im not to shore as to what is actually going on really but i guess watchable but isnt that interesting to be honest with not much of a storyline

• Arash X

  
  Another Interesting movie by LaBute, & it was the first time that I didn't find Stiller annoying

• Stella D

  
  a brutal black comedy about sex and relationships. nearly as painful as todd solondz' happiness and almost as harsh as labute's wicked first feature, in the company of men. there's not a really likeable character in this film. you've been warned

• Curtis L

  
  I bought this VHS at random in a dollar bin. It made me want to take a shower for eternity.

• Michael G

  
  One of the meanest movies I've ever seen. So yeah, I loved it.

• John B

  
  LaBute's films always provide a rise to audiences as the seemingly unspeakable to brought to bare in social settings. While not as thought provoking as in the Company of Men, this is nonetheless a worthwhile achievement.

• Stephen E

  
  Aside from a few key scenes, "Your Friends & Neighbors" is not as uncomfortable as the other two offerings in Neil LaBute's unofficial trilogy. That being said, it is dark and mean, but delivers its cynicism with a good sense of humor. All actors do a great job,… More
  Aside from a few key scenes, "Your Friends & Neighbors" is not as uncomfortable as the other two offerings in Neil LaBute's unofficial trilogy. That being said, it is dark and mean, but delivers its cynicism with a good sense of humor. All actors do a great job, but Jason Patric stands out the most as the sadistic doctor. His "Nobody Actually Likes You" scene is brutal, as well as the infamous locker room monologue.

• matt s

  
  I like how LaBute builds tension with just actors. It's something he should remember when signing on to do his next film. He used to be able have a smart, gifted young cast take his words and throw them into an emotional galaxy worth watching. Now, not so much. This is a rough,… More
  I like how LaBute builds tension with just actors. It's something he should remember when signing on to do his next film. He used to be able have a smart, gifted young cast take his words and throw them into an emotional galaxy worth watching. Now, not so much. This is a rough, sometimes uncomfortable viewing. And the ending really didn't know what it wanted to do. I wanted Aaron Eckhart's character to flip a lid, but he never did. The great thing about this film is that it pushes buttons and makes your squirm with its brutal honesty, but it has no clear resolution, there is no clear change. This is probably what LaBute wanted, but it's just too cynical, almost a sign of laziness.

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