Friends & Lovers

1999

Comedy / Drama / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 32% · 15 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 32% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 4.4/10 10 1689 1.7K

Plot summary

Friends for ten years, a group of twenty-somethings head for the ski slopes as guests of Ian's father. (Ian and dad are estranged because dad worked too many hours when Ian was a lad.) Dad has something to say, but Ian won't listen. Meanwhile, David is gay and virginal; Ian's business partner, Keaton, is unhappy that his sister Jane is pregnant with no plans to tell the father; Lisa is everybody's pal and no one's lover; John, stuck in adolescence, is always on the make. He brings German-born stunner, Carla, and promptly loses her affection to Hans, a fast-talking ski instructor. David meets Manny: they have chess in common. Soon, surprises abound as relationships take new turns.

Director

George Haas Photo
George Haas

Top cast

Robert Downey Jr. Photo
Robert Downey Jr. as Hans
Ann Magnuson Photo
Ann Magnuson as Katherine
Danny Nucci Photo
Danny Nucci as David 'Dave'
George Newbern Photo
George Newbern as Ian Wickham
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23.976 fps
1 hr 43 min
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1.72 GB
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English 2.0
R
Subtitles us   es  
23.976 fps
1 hr 43 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 4 / 10

I’ve never been a fan of teen sex

I’ve never been a fan of teen sex comedies, so I guess that translates to me also not being a fan of adults-acting-like-teens sex comedies. Friends & Lovers is a movie about a group of friends who go to a house in the mountains for a ski trip, and then they all decide to pair off and fall in love because this is something that never crossed their minds until now. It is terribly awkward in the pathetic attempts at humor that never work. Stephen Baldwin is presented as the horniest guy of the group, also known as the comic relief, and he is one of the most unpleasant actors I have ever seen. I think we’re meant to laugh at him, but I just want to punch him in the face. Robert Downey Jr. is also there to create some laughs, but he is playing this character so big it feels like he came from another movie. What barely saves Friends & Lovers from being one of the most unpleasant movies I’ve ever watched are a couple of the relationships that have some real emotional power. I was touched by the connections I felt between certain characters, and also the damaged relationship between father and son that needs to be repaired. None of it was handled great, and there was a lot of nonsense mixed in with the authentic emotion, but I still felt something there keeping me from giving up on the film. Friends & Lovers was still a terribly unsatisfying film, and one that I would advise most people to steer clear from ever watching. But it had just enough to make watching it tolerable. Ranking on my Flickchart Loses to The Phantom of the Opera Wins against Air America Loses to Pariah Loses to Demolition Loses to Mud Loses to The Third Man Loses to Contagion Loses to The Ox-Bow Incident Loses to Open Season Loses to Sweet Smell of Success Loses to The Cell Friends & Lovers ranked 1185 out of 1584
Reviewed by R T 7 / 10

This is just one of those movies I

This is just one of those movies I just always enjoyed watching... no honest rhyme or reason... really liked the cast... & freaking love David Rasche.
Reviewed by R T 4 / 10

This really felt like an early 90's movie..It

This really felt like an early 90's movie..It felt like the plot was supposed to be serious covered by comedy but not much in the way of LOL moments..
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