Synopsis
Your Friends & Neighbors (1998) is an American indie drama you can watch online on iFILM. Written and directed by Neil LaBute — his follow-up to In the Company of Men — it runs on the same cold logic: ordinary people behaving badly, observed without mercy. Stars Aaron Eckhart, Ben Stiller, Jason Patric, Catherine Keener, Nastassja Kinski and Amy Brenneman.
Three couples, loosely speaking. Barry and Mary are unhappily married; Mary starts sleeping with Jerry, a smug theater professor who is himself married to Terri, who is looking for something else. Cary, a self-satisfied doctor with a talent for cruelty, and gallery assistant Cheri move in the same social orbit. LaBute gives nobody a redemptive arc. That's the point.
Built from short, brittle scenes that feel closer to theatre than film, the script refuses to explain or excuse any of it. In the right mood, this is fascinating company. Stream Your Friends & Neighbors online on iFILM.
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