US EditionMovie Review: Naomi Watts and a Great Dane mourn Bill Murray in ‘The Friend’
- Naomi Watts, as Iris, inherits Walter's Great Dane, Apollo, in the film "The Friend".
- Walter's unexpected death prompts his ex-wife to ask Iris to care for Apollo.
- Iris, a writer and professor, lives in a small apartment that restricts dogs.
- The film is based on Sigrid Nunez's National Book Award-winning novel; Siegel and McGehee directed it.
- Iris and Apollo journey towards solace while grappling with Walter's absence and death.
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‘The Friend’ gives Naomi Watts a terrific co-star. Yes, he’s a Great Dane.
“The Friend” is about animals, and humans, and grief, and understanding. The Monitor’s critic says the film, based on an award-winning book, is “for dog lovers, and for people who love intelligent movies about dog lovers.”
Tasteful to a Fault, The Friend Is My Dog Skip for People Who Read The New Yorker.
Based on a National Book Award-winning novel, The Friend is a gentle drama built on the idea that stories about dogs are not just for children or readers looking for a good cry. The story follows our would-be hero, an introspective professor who inherits a Great Dane. But where Sigrid Nunez’s novel uses the animal as opportunity to ruminate on heady topics such as suicide, the film adaptation jettisons a lot of the meta explorations of books and…
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