Regena Russell

"FRIENDSHIP" is brilliant. I have never seen Tim Robinson's work before this film. Robinson's acting is way up there with Jack Nicholson in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Nicholson had us rolling in the aisles one minute, but he also.broke our hearts. Robinson does the same. Anyone who has walked with or experienced bipolar illness or alcoholism or the craziness of family dysfunction, and I expect there are many, knows the fine line between insanity, absurdity, and hilarity. "FRIENDSHIP" threatens to be a cult classic film. It is an experience as profound as "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," inviting the audience to find the deeper meaning in what happens when Robinson's character, Craig, does not fit in anywhere in his world: family, work or socially. His life unravels after his rejection by a new-found friend, played by the very believable Paul Rudd, whose intentions are clearly questionable, and whose rejection of gullible Craig seem justifiable. "FRIENDSHIP" brings both comic relief and the wrenching of the heart, as Craig's vulnerability is exposed for all the world to see. It offers an experience that all films seek to achieve, but few do, to move its audience. Well done!