Olivia Wilde, Anna Kendrick, Jake Johnson and Ron Livingston get their romantic wires crossed in this boozey observational comedy from director Joe Swanberg (You're Next). Kate (Wilde) and Luke (Johnson) work together at a brewery and have a friendship that strays dangerously close to something more. But Kate is with Chris (Livingston), and Luke is with Jill (Kendrick). As Jill pressures Luke to talk marriage, he and Kate unexpectedly find themselves alone for a weekend...
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Through some heavy drinking, some inadvertent soul searching and some really awful-looking meals, the sometimes foursome, sometimes twosome, shamble along, providing a modern romantic comedy that is notable for both originality and resemblance to reality. Don’t miss it, but do see it in a nice grown-up cinema where you can take in a beer.
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Fans of Nora Ephron would do well to adjust their expectations... [here] messy individuals often chicken out or betray their own best interests in love.
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A romcom that refreshes the parts others don't reach, with Olivia Wilde on stellar form.
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The film's quartet of post-slackers are captured as they feel their way around the edges of what they want (and are afraid to ask for) with painful accuracy.
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Mr. Swanberg's camera weaves through bodies at rest, at work and at the bar in no particular hurry, and his script captures the idioms of men and women who are equally inclined to waste words and to say very little.
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An appealing cast and fine-tuned sexual tension bolster Swanberg's latest.
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Drinking Buddies is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Prime Video and Apple TV.
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