André’s character, even in the depths of his humiliation, remains remarkably dignified and non-self-pitying. That gives this academic melodrama an unexpected depth.
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04/11/07
Poison Friends (2007)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:21
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: A sharp examination of university life, Poison Friends is a psychological drama with a wry edge.
Theatrical Release:Apr 27, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: When college friends Eloj and Alexandre meet charismatic, brilliant thinker Andre, their lives begin to change. Wooed by his attention, the young students lose outside perspective and put... [More]
Starring: Malik Zidi, Thomas Blanchard, Dominique Blanc, Jacques Bonnaffe
Director: Emmanuel Bourdieu
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Reviews for Poison Friends
Top CriticA cerebral film nicely demonstrating what happens when insecure students follow a magnetic leader who turns out to be a liar.
04/10/07
A richly developed French film about university life, power, deceit and mentoring that presents quite a moral wallop.
10/14/06
The screenplay and direction of Emmanuel Bourdieu's Poison Friends is as pompous and blind to reality as Morley [the main character] himself.
10/03/06
Has little to say about friendship other than that it's sometimes maintained by less-than-kind motives and reciprocated with equal coldness.
10/02/06
Pic is deft, entertaining and, in its reverence for name-dropping scholarship and the paths by which the chosen few make a name for themselves, thoroughly Parisian.
05/20/06
Student friendships, success and failure make for absorbing entertainment.
05/20/06
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