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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 0794043101762 Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: New Line Home Video Manufacturer: New Line Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: New Line Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: March 07, 2006 Running Time: 94 minutes Sales Rank: 5171 Studio: New Line Home Video Theatrical Release Date: November 23, 2005
Product Description: Back in high school Chris (Reynolds) was an overweight nerd and in love with his best friend Jamie (Smart) but she only thought of him like a brother. Ten years later Chris is now a hot L.A. music exec and finds himself himself back in his hometown and in love with Jamie all over again. But can they really be more than Just Friends?Running Time: 94 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 794043101762 Manufacturer No: N10176
Amazon.com: Manic energy and an agreeable level of comic insanity turn Just Friends into the kind of brainless comedy you can enjoy as a modest guilty pleasure. If you liked director Roger Kumble's previous comedy The Sweetest Thing (and let's face it, that movie had some really funny moments), chances are you'll get at least a few solid belly-laughs from this not-so-high-concept premise, in which a formerly fat high-schooler named Chris (Ryan Reynolds) is transformed, ten years later, into a womanizing music executive with a high-profile client (Anna Faris) in the Britney Spears/Christina Aguilera mold. As it zips along with some broad-stroked slapstick and snappy one-liners, the screenplay by Adam Tex Davis contrives to reunite Chris with Jamie (Amy Smart), the former cheerleader who was the great, unrequited love of Chris' miserable high-school life. By his narcissistic logic, he'll seduce her by treating her badly (i.e. she'll want what she thinks she can't have), but he gets unexpected competition in the form of a "Mr. Sensitive" type (Chris Klein, from American Pie), and it's pretty much Hollywood formula from there on, as Just Friends loses momentum without losing its basic appeal. And while Reynolds invests his character with an unexpected degree of emotional nuance, Faris (Scary Movie 3) pulls out all the stops, going deliriously over-the-top to maintain her reputation as a rising comedy starlet with a (hopefully) promising future. We're not talking rocket science here, folks... just sit back, take off your thinking cap, and have some fun. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Just plain fun; nothing wrong with that...
My best friend asked me the other day if I had ever seen this movie, to which I replied "no, it looked retarded." He then proceeded to try and convince me that it was hilarious and that I needed to see it as soon as possible. So I did, that night, rent this movie and I have to admit that my preconceived notion of what I was going to experience was very wrong. Thanks in large part to the revelation that is Anna Faris, `Just Friends' is actually extremely funny. Sadly, when Faris is not on the ... Read More
Rating: - Forgiveness is more than saying Sorry
If you are looking for comedy, maybe a little bit of revenge, or just something to reflect back on when you think you were the only odd one out, you definitely need to pick up this movie.
Chris Brander (Ryan Reynolds) was fat when he left his hometown in New Jersey 10 years before after being teased badly at a graduation party when he confessed his love for Jamie Pallamino (Amy Smart) in her year book, only to have it mixed up with her ex-boyfriends yearbook and read to the whole graduating ... Read More
Rating: - A Really Good Movie!!
What can I say? The movie is really funny, even though Ryan Reynolds seems to get possessed by the spirit of Jim Carrey at times in the film. Anna Faris is the reason to watch the film, she is always as show in itself since she is always great at playing the dumb blonde like in the Scary Movie series. I have to admit, this film just has a lot of laughs, which is a surprise to me. This isn't a Christmas movie, so don't be fooled into thinking so by the cover of the DVD. The story just happens to take place ... Read More
Rating: - Forgiveness... does not mean compro-MY-ZEEENNGG
Whew, I even bought the soundtrack to this insane mess. It definitely wears on you with multiple, multiple viewings. Anna Farris is crazy, Amy Smart is photogenic, and Ryan is just manic.
Rating: - Funny all the way through!
This is a great movie. The casting is right on. Anna Farris is perfect as the spoiled, shallow pop diva. Ryan Reynolds is always funny. Chris Klein was an unexpected pleasant surprise. Julie Hagerty is always a treat.
We have shown this to a variety of our friends and all of them have loved it.