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Just Friends (2005)

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42

Average Rating: 5.1/10
Reviews Counted: 98
Fresh: 41 | Rotten: 57

There are moments of mirth in this overly broad comedy, but mostly, Just Friends is just not that funny.

34

Average Rating: 4.9/10
Critic Reviews: 29
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 19

There are moments of mirth in this overly broad comedy, but mostly, Just Friends is just not that funny.

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A hotshot thirtysomething record executive tries to win over the girl who once liked him only "as a friend" in this slapstick comedy. In high school, Chris Brander (Ryan Reynolds) was an overweight, maladroit teen who spent every waking moment with his co-ed pal Jamie Palamino (Amy Smart). On the verge of graduation, Chris is humiliated when his yearbook confession to Jamie -- that he wants to be more than "just friends" -- is read aloud. Jamie is flattered, but rebuffs his advances, and Chris

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Drama, Romance, Comedy

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Mar 7, 2006

$32.6M

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Just Friends is just stupid.

November 29, 2005 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | Comments (8)
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Just Friends is part Farrelly Brothers and part Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, all wrapped together to deliver gross-out gags in bizarrely random and rapid-fire fashion, with zero intent to develop sustainable plot or character.

November 28, 2005 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment (1)
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Just Friends hangs its crude, clobbering sense of humor on a dubious theory.

November 28, 2005 | Comment (1)
New York Times
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... while the ending might be a foregone conclusion, getting there involves just enough slapstick manful idiocy to keep the humor moving at a clip.

November 28, 2005 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | Comment (1)
Houston Chronicle
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A barbed romantic comedy with a distinct debt to the Farrelly brothers' gross-out-plus-sentimentality formula, Just Friends is a welcome antidote to the usual seasonal sweetness.

November 28, 2005 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comment (1)
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In all, it's not too bad and it's not too long, and any movie that sets Santa on fire is okay by me.

November 23, 2005 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment (1)
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Not particularly original, Just Friends works largely due to Reynolds' screen charisma and comic timing, but it does work, and works well.

March 29, 2011 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | Comment (1)
ComingSoon.net

Despite a rich premise, Just Friends ultimately fails to live up to its early potential, settling into broad comedy that shortchanges the romantic possibilities.

July 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Screendaily
Screendaily

No one will be surprised by the plot machinations that ensue, but the film is saved from utter tedium thanks to a relatively intelligent screenplay and the amiability of the leads.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comments (3)
Film Journal International

Um bom conceito (e não estou dizendo que este é bom) só funciona quando amparado por um bom roteiro. E definitivamente não é isto que ocorre aqui.

June 9, 2006 | Comment (1)
Cinema em Cena

Every single person operates with the maturity and common sense of a dog chasing its tail. Into a tree.

May 4, 2006 Full Review Source: Metromix.com | Comments (4)
Metromix.com

Painfully light on laughs.

March 20, 2006 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | Comments (2)
Lessons of Darkness

Ana Faris as the blonde bimbette pop star character is worth the price of rental, alone.

March 8, 2006 Full Review Source: Buzzine Magazine | Comment (1)
Buzzine Magazine

Bursting at the seams with lashings of heart, this is comedy at its broadest, with larger-than-life situations, a smartly sharp script and knock-out performances from an instantly likeable cast.

February 3, 2006 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | Comment (1)
Urban Cinefile

Reynolds' brand of sarcastic humour suits his part well, whilst Smart is as adorable here as she was in The Butterfly Effect.

January 7, 2006 Full Review Source: ViewLondon | Comment (1)
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Audience Reviews for Just Friends

Funny rom com about a guy who is in love with his best friend. He leaves high school to become a successful music producer. Due to an incident with his plane he ends up in his hometown where he meets his first love again. Everything goes wrong and he nearly loses her to another guy. The Christmas garden scene is hilarious. Ryan's singing and dancing gestures are golden moments.
July 13, 2007
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The main problem with this as a romantic comedy is that Chris is such an ass you don't want to see him with Jamie.
I do like this - Amy Smart is a good actress and Anna Farris is funny here too. I also find Chris's mum quite funny and it is a good Xmas movie being set that time of year.
But as a romance it is a fail.
January 2, 2008
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Super Reviewer

    1. Chris Brander: The truth is, I'm scared to be your friend, because I'm always going to want more. But then I got to thinking that I would rather have you in my life as a friend than not at all.
    – Submitted by Less d (5 months ago)

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