My Favorite Girlfriend

Poorly scripted and awkwardly portrayed/acted.

I thought the mental illness part was underplayed, and felt like their was a lot of insensitivity to DID. The makeup on the lead actor was a bit heavy, more like stage makeup than film makeup. Lead actor was a bit stiff at times, and the way other characters (his boss) kept picking on his character was a bit much. There were some good performances by most of the supporting cast. I feel like if there had been more (and more appropriate) focus on the mental health struggles of the two leads, this could have been a much better movie.

I feel like I'm the Twilight Zone with this movie. I probably would've enjoyed the plot more had it not been for the subpar acting.

The acting was absolutely terrible, the way they used their phones was clearly fake. When he went to see Silk perform with her band, the "rock" song sucked absolute ass. I don't think they researched anything about how OCD or MPD impacts your day to day life. I got maybe 30 minutes into the movie before I had to call it quits.

I'm a bit of a psychology nerd, so I decided to give this a shot. A bit campy and cheesy, yes. But surprisingly a great take on the psychological theories of 'Internal Family Systems' and 'Personality Fragmentation' using the RomCom format, and terms the average person recognizes like multiple personalities, even though its existence is hotly debated. Found it to be a welcome break from all the horror and thriller movies constantly villanizing people with mental illness. Highly recommend the book 'No Bad Parts by Dr. Richard C. Schwartz' to anyone who enjoyed this. If they actually do the sequel, I really hope they introduce an IFS therapist character, instead of the hypnotherapist guy, and really explore all the different personality fragments, and get to the source of the trauma, which led to her fragmentation. Would be fun to really see her get better and become a more functional and integrated person.

This was the worst movie I have seen in my adult life. I have never written a movie review, but felt extremely compelled to do so in this case, so that others would not get roped into watching this awful film like I did. Besides horrible acting, the plot was beyond awful - so bad that I kept wondering whether or not it was supposed to be satirical? I had the movie on in the background while I did chores and even that was a painful amount of this film.

So much potential from the movie description and then you watch the worst script and acting you've ever witnessed

A fun and unique twist on Boy Meets Girl(s) Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl is one of the oldest plots in human storytelling and it is possible that mere numbers could not express how many times this tale has been told. With that long lineage it is astounding that someone can find a way to make this time-honored theme refreshing… but that is exactly what writer-director Amanda Raymond has done in her latest film, "My Favorite Girlfriend." Conrad, a young wannabe chef, played engagingly by Tyler Johnson, has fallen in love with several exceedingly unique young women. They range from an internet influencer, a sassy southern belle, a shopaholic to a ballsy rock singer. The good news is he loves them all and none of these ladies know each other. The bad news… they all inhabit the same body. He's smitten with woman possessed by a classic case of what is now called dissociative identity disorder played brilliantly by Bonnie Plesse. At first he goes along for the ride but as his feelings deepen he wants to help all of them… despite being oblivious to a situation far over his head. If this sounds serious, it is – in spots… but My Favorite Girlfriend is also funny, romantic and amusing as well as thought provoking, dramatic and serious. It is a testament to Ms. Raymond as both writer and director that she guides her talented cast to tread this fine line between smiles and suspense with such admirable skill creating a romantic-comedy that delves deeper than most and is more satisfying for that reason. One note… in reading reviews I have found, amid those who I believe actually saw the same film I did, an unusual amount of trolling. I won't go into why I think this is the case, but be warned… this fine film does not deserve this shoddy treatment. This production might have been done on a modest budget, but the results are first class and I think the viewer will find it ninety minutes exceedingly well spent.

Writer/director Amanda Raymond's sophomore feature, My Favorite Girlfriend, continues the promise hinted at in You Are My Home (2022), her feature debut. In that earlier film, she demonstrated a finely-tuned ability to humanize her characters in the script and then bring that quality out in the performances of the actors portraying them. With My Favorite Girlfriend, Raymond skillfully applies that craft to the rom-com genre while simultaneously addressing the debilitating seriousness of dissociative identity disorder (DID), a psychological malady that in film is often mined either for laughs or – more often than not – horror. Raymond's film is just the right mix: it is fleet in its comic moments and moving in its dramatic ones. Girlfriend's two stars – Tyler Johnson as "Conrad" and Bonnie Piesse as "Molly" – each successfully embrace the challenges of their character's struggles – obsessive compulsive disorder in Conrad's case and DID in Molly's. The supporting cast help humanize these characters by anchoring them in the real world. Veteran actor Michael Nouri is particularly effective as a hypnotherapist who helps Conrad – as well as the audience – fully understand the gravity of Molly's condition. All things considered, My Favorite Girlfriend is a solid second feature and Amanda Raymond is an up-and-coming talent to watch, both as a writer and as a director.

Good date night movie. Very cute. It's great for a casual watch on the couch with your significant other. My wife and I enjoyed watching it. There was some good laughs, without giving any spoilers. Some very heart touching moments